NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN BOROUGH OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS - 2013 (BY EMPLOYEE SIZE)
Business Employees
0-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250+ Total
Number of businesses
4,670 840
505
290
90
55
10
6,460
Source: Kent County Council, 2013
Employment and unemployment (Oct 2012-Sep 2013)
Tunbridge Tunbridge South Great
Wells
Wells
East Britain
(numbers)
(%)
(%)
(%)
All people
Economically active
†
57,800
82.5 79.9 77.4
In employment
†
55,300
78.9 74.8 71.2
Employees
†
44,600
64.5 63.5 61.1
Self employed
†
10,300
13.8 10.9 9.5
Unemployed
§
2,300
4.0
6.2 7.7
Males
Economically active
†
29,900
87.9 85.8 83.2
In employment
†
27,900
81.8 80.4 76.2
Employees
†
22,000
66.4 65.4 62.5
Self employed
†
5,800
15.4 14.6 13.1
Unemployed
§
#
#
6.1 8.2
Females
Economically active
†
27,900
77.5 74.2 71.5
In employment
†
27,400
76.2 69.4 66.2
Employees
†
22,500
62.8 61.6 59.7
Self employed
†
4,500
12.2
7.3 6.0
Unemployed
§
#
#
6.3 7.2
Source: ONS annual population survey
# Sample size too small for reliable estimate
†
Numbers are for those aged 16 and over, % are for those of working age (16-64)
§
Numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is a proportion of economically active
Employment by occupation (Oct 2012- Sep 2013)
Tunbridge Tunbridge South Great
Wells
Wells
East
Britain
(numbers)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Soc 2000 major
group 1-3
30,200 54.6 48.1 44.1
1 Managers and
11,600 21.1 11.4 10.1
senior officials
2 Professional
occupations
9,000
16.3 21.0 19.7
3 Associate
professional & technical
9,500
17.2 15.5 14.0
Soc 2000 major
group 4-5
11,200 20.3 20.7 21.5
4 Administrative &
6,400
11.6 10.9 10.9
secretarial
5 Skilled trades
occupations
4,900
8.8
9.7 10.5
Soc 2000 major
group 6-7
8,300
15.0 16.5 17.1
6 Caring, leisure and
other service occupations
4,300
7.8
9.2 9.0
Soc 2000 major
group 8-9
5,600
10.0 14.6 17.3
8 Process plant &
#
#
4.7 6.3
machine operatives
9 Elementary
occupations
#
#
9.9 10.8
Source: ONS annual population survey
# Sample size too small for reliable estimate
Numbers and % are for those of 16+
% is a proportion of all persons in employment
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