The table below shows the proportion of the population aged 16 or over who were in employment (including the self-employed) and who were unemployed. Everyone else was outside the labour market, which included the retired and students. The table also shows the proportion of those in employment (aged 16 or over) who worked part time and who worked mainly from home. See footnote for more detail on definitions.
|
Parish council name |
Proportion in employment |
Proportion unemployed |
Proportion working part time |
Proportion work mainly from home |
|
Allington |
56% |
2% |
43% |
17% |
|
Bothenhampton & Wald. |
43% |
2% |
45% |
30% |
|
Bradpole |
46% |
2% |
38% |
20% |
|
Bridport |
49% |
3% |
41% |
23% |
|
Burton Bradstock |
38% |
2% |
42% |
36% |
|
Charmouth |
38% |
2% |
44% |
34% |
|
Char Valley |
53% |
2% |
43% |
45% |
|
Chideock |
40% |
1% |
46% |
36% |
|
Litton Cheney |
52% |
1% |
37% |
41% |
|
Loders |
54% |
<1% |
42% |
32% |
|
Netherbury |
56% |
2% |
37% |
39% |
|
Puncknowle & Swyre |
51% |
2% |
34% |
41% |
|
Shipton Gorge |
49% |
2% |
41% |
29% |
|
Symondsbury |
50% |
3% |
45% |
30% |
|
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|
Dorset (county) |
52% |
2% |
35% |
28% |
|
England |
57% |
4% |
30% |
32% |
Footnotes:
ONS define part time work as working 30 hours or less per week. ONS caution that the home working figures may have been inflated by the timing of the Census, which occurred during the Covid pandemic, although not during a lockdown period.
Employment status findings:
- All 14 BLAP parishes had a lower proportion of their population (aged 16 or over) in employment than was the case for England as a whole. However, this was only marginally true in some parishes, notably Netherbury, Allington, Loders and Char Valley. Indeed, the BLAP area is broadly in line with the picture for Dorset.
- Parishes with a particularly low proportion of their population (aged 16 or over) in employment were Burton Bradstock, Charmouth and Chideock. This aligns with the high proportion aged 65 or over in these parishes, so is probably due to retirees.
- The proportion of the population (aged 16 or over) who were unemployed was fairly low across the BLAP area, though in Bridport and Symondsbury it was approaching the proportion for England as a whole. Unemployment was notably low in Loders, Litton Cheney and Chideock.
- The proportion of those in employment (aged 16 or over) who were working part time was higher in every BLAP parish than it was in England as a whole. Indeed, with one exception (Puncknowle & Swyre) it was high even by comparison with Dorset as a whole. The highest proportions working part time were found in Chideock, Bothenhampton & Walditch, Symondsbury, Allington and Char Valley.
- The proportion of those in employment (aged 16 or over) who were working mainly from home varied considerably across the BLAP area. The highest proportions were found in Char Valley, Litton Cheney and Puncknowle & Swyre, which may reflect the prevalence of land-based jobs in those parishes. The lowest proportions were found in or close to the town in Allington, Bradpole and Bridport.
