Transcript Capacity Building with VCS Organisations

The labour market situation in Darlington and Durham County
Carl Chapman
B.Sc (Hons), MA, FCMI, CMgr
Provide context
 Statistics from nomis – the official labour market statistics October 2012
 Measured in different ways – but consistent
 Comparison
Darlington Borough
Durham County
North East Region
Great Britain
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3000000
2500000
2000000
Total Population
1500000
1000000
500000
0
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
65.5
65
64.5
64
% of Population Aged 16-64
63.5
63
62.5
62
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
Great Britain
Expressed as a % of the economically active 16-64
12
10
8
Unemployed
6
4
2
0
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
Great Britain
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Great Britain (8.1%)
Both Darlington (10.2%) and Durham (10%)
are significantly higher than the national
average
North East (10.9%)
14
12
10
18-24
8
25-49
50-64
6
4
2
0
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
Great Britain
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Darlington and Durham higher number of
18-24 year olds unemployed than the
national average.
Darlington and Durham higher number of
25-49 year olds unemployed than the
national average.
90
80
70
60
Darlington
50
Co Durham
North East
40
Great Britain
30
20
10
0
none
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
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Darlington and Durham have a higher
proportion of residents with no qualifications
Darlington and Durham have an average
proportion of residents with level 1&2
qualifications
Darlington and Durham have a below average
proportion of residents with level 3&4
qualifications
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
Jobs Density
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
Great Britain
45
40
35
Management / Professional / Technical
30
Admin / Secretarial / Skilled Trades
25
Caring /leisure / services / sales /
20
service
Machine & process operatives /
15
elementary
10
5
0
Darlington
Co Durham
North East
Great Britain
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Darlington and Durham are below the
national average in the proportion of higher
levels of jobs.
Darlington and Durham are above the
national average in the proportion of lower
levels of jobs.
Lower level jobs
Fewer jobs available
Fewer qualifications especially
higher levels
More young people
claiming JSA
Higher
Unemployment
What can we
do?
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2.
Identify 3 key elements that we could target
to impact on unemployment in Darlington
Borough and Durham County.
What should be done, but is not currently,
to help unemployed people gain work in
Darlington Borough and Durham County.