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Profile of Tendring


The Tendring District is 33,740 hectares in size (approximately 130 square miles), with a population of 147,600 (ONS mid year population). Over the last 20 years the population has grown by over a fifth. It has 60km of coastline and manages 19km using its permissive coast protection powers.

The District has the highest proportion of pensioners in the East of England, 1 in 3. 1 in 7 people live in a deprived area and 1 in 5 children live in poverty. Tendring has better than average local authority housing and a higher number of elderly are looked after and supported at home.

Below are statistics on the Tendring District. Click on the links below to take you to that area.

Resident Population
Labour Supply
Working-Age Benefits
Labour Demand
Businesses

RESIDENT POPULATION

Total Population (2008)

Tendring
(numbers)

Eastern
(numbers)

Great Britain
(numbers)

All People

147,600

5,728,700 59,608,200
Males

71,200

2,820,500 29,280,500
Females

76,400

2,908,200 30,327,700

Working Age Population (2008)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
%

Eastern
%

Great Britain
%

All people - working age 78,200 53.0 60.9 62.0
Males - working age 41,700 58.6 65.1 66.1
Females - working age 36,400 47.7 56.8 58.1

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LABOUR SUPPLY

Employment and unemployment (Jul 2008 - Jun 2009)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%
)

All people - economically active 64,300 78.9 81.8 78.9
In Employment 57,400 70.3 77.0 73.3
Employees 49,400 60.3 66.4 63.9
Self Employed 7,600 9.5 10.2 9.1
Model-based Unemployed 4,800 7.7 5.8 6.9
Males
Economically active 35,200 84.1 86.3 83.3
In Employment 30,500 72.7 80.7 77.0
Employees 24,300 57.3 66.1 63.9
Self Employed 5,900 14.4 14.3 12.6
Unemployed 4,600 13.2 6.3 7.5
Females
Economically active 29,100 73.0 76.9 74.1
In Employment 26,900 67.6 72.8 69.4
Employees 25,200 63.8 66.7 63.8
Self Employed # # 5.7 5.2
Unemployed # # 5.2 6.1

# sample too small for reliable estimate

Economic Inactivity (Jul 2008 - Jun 2009)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

All People
Economically inactive 16,200 21.1 18.2 21.1
Wanting a job # # 4.7 5.6
Not wanting a job 13,100 17.1 13.5 15.5
Males
Economically inactive 6,500 15.9 13.7 16.7
Wanting a job # # 3.8 4.6
Not wanting a job 5,100 12.5 9.9 12.1
Females
Economically inactive 9,700 27.0 23.1 25.9
Wanting a job # # 5.6 6.6
Not wanting a job 8,000 22.3 17.4 19.3

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

Employment by Occupation (Jul 2008 - Jun 2009)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

Soc 2000 major group 1 - 3 17,800 31.2 45.1 43.9
1 Managers & senior officials 8,600 15.0 17.3 15.6
2 Professional Occupations # # 13.2 13.4
3 Associate professional & technical 6,200 10.9 14.4 14.7
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 11,700 20.5 22.0 22.0
4 Admin & secretarial 5,000 8.8 11.1 11.3
5 Skilled trade occupations 6,700 11.6 10.8 10.6
Soc 2000 major group 6 -7 15,200 26.6 14.9 15.9
6 Personal service occupations 8,800 15.3 7.7 8.4
7 Sales & Customer Services 6,400 11.2 7.2 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 12,300 21.6 18.0 18.2
8 Process plant & machine operatives 3,300 5.8 6.8 6.9
9 Elementary occupations 9,000 15.7 11.2 11.3

Qualifications (Jan 2008 - Dec 2008)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

NVQ4 and above 10,100 13.1 26.1 29.0
NVQ3 and above 20,300 26.5 43.4 47.0
NVQ2 and above 35,200 45.9 62.8 65.2
NVQ1 and above 51,900 67.6 78.8 78.9
Other qualifications 8,70000 11.3 9.3 8.7
No qualifications 16,100 21.0 11.8 12.4

Earnings by residence (2009)

Tendring
(pounds)

Eastern
(pounds)

Great Britain
(pounds)

Gross Weekly Pay
Full-time workers 469.5 509.4 491.0
Male full-time workers 509.2 565.8 534.0
Female full-time workers

422.9

432.6 426.6
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 11.79 12.89 12.47
Male full-time workers 12.00 13.78 13.16
Female full-time workers 11.05 11.42 11.45

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WORKING-AGE BENEFITS

The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.

Total JSA Claimants (January 2010)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

All people 3,900 5.0 3.6 4.3
Males 2,834 6.8 4.9 6.0
Females 1,066 2.9 2.1 2.4

JSA Claimants by age and duration (January 2010)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

By age of claimant
Aged 18 - 24 1,235 31.7 27.9 29.3
Aged 25 - 49 1,950 50.1 54.5 54.9
Aged 50 and over 675 17.3 17.2 15.4
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 2,640 67.8 66.6 65.2
Over 6 up to 12 months 710 18.2 20.0 20.7
Over 12 months 545 14.0 13.5 14.2

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (August 2009)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

Total claimants 14,640 18.7 12.6 15.9
Job seekers 3,300 4.2 3.3 4.0
Incapacity benefits 6,860 8.8 5.2 7.1
Lone parents 1,700 2.2 1.6 1.9
Carers 1,160 1.5 1.0 1.1
Others on income related benefits 620 0.8 0.4 0.5
Disabled 800 1.0 0.9 1.0
Bereaved 200 0.3 0.2 0.2
Key out-of-work benefits 12,470 16.0 10.5 13.5

key out-of-work benefits are: job seekers, incapacity, lone parents and others on income related benefits

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LABOUR DEMAND

Jobs Density (2007)

Tendring
(jobs)

Tendring
(density)

Eastern
(density)

Great Britain
(density)

Jobs density 47,000 0.60 0.81 0.83

Employee jobs (2008)

Tendring
(employee jobs)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

Total employee jobs 36,600 - - -
Full-time 23,100 63.3 67.2 68.8
Part-time 13,400 36.7 32.8 31.2
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 2,900 7.8 10.3 10.2
Construction 1,900 5.2 5.4 4.8
Services 30,600 83.8 82.5 83.5
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 10,900 29.9 25.0 23.4
Transport & communications 2,900 7.9 6.0 5.8
Finance, IT, other business activities 3,300 9.2 21.4 22.0
Public admin, education & health 11,300 30.8 25.3 27.0
Other services 2,200 6.1 4.8 5.3
Tourism-related 3,800 10.5 7.7 8.2

- data unavailable

Earning by workplace (2009)

Tendring
(pounds)

Eastern
(pounds)

Great Britain
(pounds)

Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 400.4 479.1 490.2
Male full-time workers 420.2 524.3 533.8
Female full-time workers 358.5 409.4 426.6
Hourly pay

Full-time workers

10.01 11.89 12.46
Male full-time workers 10.13 12.64 13.14
Female full-time workers 9.26 10.73 11.44

Jobcentre plus vacancies (January 2010)

Tendring East Great Britain
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies (numbers) 492 17,446 187,422
Unfilled jobcentre vacancies per 1,000 working age population 63 50 51
JSA claimants per unfilled jobcentre vacancy 7.9 7.1 8.5

BUSINESSES

VAT registered businesses (2007)

Tendring
(numbers)

Tendring
(%)

Eastern
(%)

Great Britain
(%)

Registrations 310 8.3 9.6 10.2
Deregistrations 295 7.9 7.2 7.3
Stock (at end of year) 3,730 - - -

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All sources: nomis website

For further statistics on the Tendring District visit the nomis website and the national statistics website



Page Last Updated
23 February 2010