North Wales

• The latest population of North Wales is 675,600.
• According to the 2005 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, of the 425 Lower Super Output Areas in North Wales, 19 (4%) are in the top 10% most deprived in Wales.
• 77 per cent of year 11 school leavers in 2006 continued in full-time education. 48 per cent of year 11 leavers remaining in full-time education stayed on school while 52 per cent opted to continue to year 12 in a further education college.
• 70 per cent of all adults of working age have a qualification at level 2 or above, with 26 per cent at level 4 or above. 14 per cent of the working age population have no qualifications.

Economic data

• Gross Value Added in North Wales was £8.7 billion in 2004.  North Wales is home to 21,000 VAT registered businesses and a workforce of around 300,000 people.
• At £12,800, GVA per head of the population in North Wales in 2004 was 75 per cent of the UK average.
• There are 537 VAT registered businesses per 10,000 working age population in North Wales, compared to 475 for Wales and 519 across the UK.

Labour Market

• At 3.9 per cent, the unemployment rate in North Wales for the year to March 2007 was below that for Wales as a whole and the UK (both 5.3 per cent).
• The employment rate in North Wales was 74.5 per cent of the working age population, over 3 percentage points above the Wales average and much the same as the UK average.
• The production and construction sectors accounted for 24 per cent of jobs in North Wales in 2005, compared to 20 per cent in Wales and 18 per cent across the UK.
• Full-time average earnings in North Wales in April 2007 were £473.0 per week, much the same as for Wales as a whole and 86 per cent of the UK average.

 

Source: StatsWales

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