Croydon Observatory – Economy & Employment

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Croydon 013E

Economic activity relates to whether or not a person who was working or looking for work in the week before census. Rather than a simple indicator of whether or not someone was currently in employment, it provides a measure of whether or not a person was an active participant in the labour market. A person's economic activity is derived from their 'Activity last week'. This is an indicator of their status or availability for employment - whether employed, actively looking for work, waiting to start a new job, available to start a new job, or their status if not employed or not seeking employment. Additional information included in the economic activity classification is also derived from information about the number of hours a person works and their type of employment - whether employed or self-employed.

Economic activity by type

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Croydon 013E		Croydon		England
Full-time employee	329	34.2	105,621	40.2	15,016,564	38.6
Part-time employee	137	14.3	33,112	12.6	5,333,268	13.7
Full-time student	45	4.7	10,043	3.8	1,336,823	3.4
Self-employed	71	7.4	27,020	10.3	3,793,632	9.8
Unemployed	93	9.7	14,512	5.5	1,702,847	4.4
Retired	41	4.3	26,079	9.9	5,320,691	13.7

Occupation groups

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Croydon 013E		Croydon		England
Managers, directors and senior officials	36	6.3	17,832	10.3	2,734,900	10.9
Professional occupations	80	14.1	33,894	19.6	4,400,375	17.5
Associate professional and technical occupations	61	10.8	23,715	13.7	3,219,067	12.8
Administrative and secretarial occupations	96	16.9	25,436	14.7	2,883,230	11.5
Skilled trades occupations	60	10.6	16,524	9.6	2,858,680	11.4
Caring, leisure and other service occupations	69	12.2	16,350	9.5	2,348,650	9.3
Sales and customer service occupations	52	9.2	15,062	8.7	2,117,477	8.4
Process plant and machine operatives	38	6.7	9,045	5.2	1,808,024	7.2
Elementary occupations	75	13.2	15,129	8.7	2,792,318	11.1

	Croydon 013E	Croydon	England
Long-term unemployed	37	3.9	5,805	2.2	668,496	1.7
Unemployed: Never worked	19	2	2,643	1	276,121	0.7

Monthly claimant counts

	Croydon 013E	Croydon	England
2019-10	75	10,540	987,540
2019-11	75	10,555	998,185
2019-12	75	10,525	1,003,150
2020-01	70	10,440	1,014,875
2020-02	70	10,820	1,050,875
2020-03	70	10,835	1,063,505
2020-04	95	16,790	1,764,725
2020-05	105	21,860	2,264,855
2020-06	115	21,520	2,200,615
2020-07	110	21,855	2,241,155
2020-08	120	22,720	2,282,005
2020-09	120	22,890	2,262,510
2020-10	125	22,355	2,188,335
2020-11	125	23,140	2,225,600
2020-12	115	23,000	2,216,785
2021-01	115	22,600	2,189,260
2021-02	120	23,625	2,295,430
2021-03	115	23,695	2,294,110
2021-04	120	23,525	2,255,825
2021-05	115	22,065	2,113,170
2021-06	110	20,490	1,961,300
2021-07	100	20,270	1,915,360
2021-08	105	19,450	1,838,805
2021-09	110	18,915	1,785,985

Monthly claimant rate

	Croydon 013E	Croydon	England
2019-10	7.8	4.3	2.8
2019-11	7.8	4.3	2.8
2019-12	7.8	4.2	2.9
2020-01	7.3	4.2	2.9
2020-02	7.3	4.4	3
2020-03	7.3	4.4	3
2020-04	9.9	6.8	5
2020-05	10.9	8.8	6.4
2020-06	11.9	8.7	6.2
2020-07	11.4	8.8	6.4
2020-08	12.5	9.1	6.5
2020-09	12.5	9.2	6.4
2020-10	13	9	6.2
2020-11	13	9.3	6.3
2020-12	11.9	9.2	6.3
2021-01	11.9	9.1	6.2
2021-02	12.5	9.5	6.5
2021-03	11.9	9.5	6.5
2021-04	12.5	9.5	6.4
2021-05	11.9	8.9	6
2021-06	11.4	8.2	5.6
2021-07	10.4	8.2	5.4
2021-08	11.1	7.8	5.2
2021-09	11.6	7.6	5.1

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