Demographics

March 2017

This profile brings together data on the borough with regional and national comparisons from a number of official sources.

 

Resident Population

Total population (2015)

	Sefton	Liverpool City Region	UK
All people	273,700	1,524,600	65,110,000
Males	131,500	742,300	32,074,400
Females	142,200	782,300	33,035,600

Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

 

 

Working Aged Population 16 – 64 (2015)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	No.	%	%	%
All people aged 16 – 64	165,000	60.3	63.7	63.3
Males aged 16 – 64	80,600	61.3	64.3	64.1
Females aged 16 – 64	84,400	59.4	63.0	62.6

Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

 

 

Labour Supply

Employment and unemployment (January 2016 – December 2016)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	No.	%	%	%
All people 16-64
Economically active	119,700	73.8	72.3	77.7
In employment	113,700	70.1	68.4	73.9
Employees	99,400	61.3	61.4	62.9
Self Employed	14,100	8.7	6.8	10.5
Unemployed	6,000	5.0	5.5	5.0
Males 16 – 64
Economically active	60,100	75.3	75.6	83.1
In employment	56,300	70.6	70.6	78.8
Employees	45,500	57.1	60.0	64.3
Self Employed	10,700	13.3	10.4	14.2
Unemployed	3,800	6.3	6.6	5.1
Females 16 – 64
Economically active	59,600	72.3	69.2	72.5
In employment	57,300	69.6	66.3	69.0
Employees	53,900	65.3	62.7	61.6
Self Employed	3,500	4.2	3.4	7.0
Unemployed	2,200	3.7	4.2	4.8

Source: Annual Population Survey

 

 

Economic Inactivity (January 2016 – December 2016)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
All people	Nos.	%	%	%
Total	42,500	26.2	27.7	22.3
Student	10,700	25.1	25.8	26.3
Looking after family/home	7,700	18.1	19.5	24.7
Long-term sick	12,200	28.7	30.5	22.6
Retired	6,600	15.5	13.2	13.2
Wants a Job	6,300	14.9	18.4	23.8

Source: Annual Population Survey

 

 

Employment by Occupation (January 2016 – December 2016)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	Nos.	%	%	%
Soc 2010 major group   1 – 3	52,500	44.4	41.3	45.2
1  Managers, directors and senior officials	12,400	10.5	8.8	10.5
2  Professional occupations	22,300	18.7	19.6	20.2
3  Associate professional & technical	17,900	15.0	12.8	14.2
Soc 2010 major group  4 – 5	25,300	21.4	20.9	20.7
4  Administrative & secretarial	15,600	13.1	11.8	10.2
5  Skilled trades occupations	9,700	8.2	9.0	10.4
Soc 2010 major group   6 – 7	23,200	19.6	18.8	16.9
6  Caring, leisure and other service occupations	12,900	10.9	9.8	9.2
7  Sales and customer service occupations	10,200	8.6	8.9	7.6
Soc 2010 major group  8 – 9	17,300	14.6	19.0	17.2
8  Process plant & machine operatives	5,900	5.0	7.1	6.4
9  Elementary occupations	11,400	9.6	11.8	10.7

Source: Annual Population Survey

 

Qualifications (January – December 2016)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
Working Age 16 – 64	Nos.	%	%	%
NVQ4 and above	52,000	32.1	31.9	38.0
NVQ3 and above	84,800	52.3	50.7	56.7
NVQ2 and above	119,100	73.4	70.3	74.2
NVQ1 and above	137,200	84.6	81.9	85.1
Other qualifications	16,400	5.3	6.0	6.6

Source: Annual Population Survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings by Residence (2016)

	Sefton	Merseyside	UK
Gross Weekly pay	£	£	£
Full-time workers	509.10	504.10	538.70
Male full-time workers	551.70	551.90	577.80
Female full-time workers	449.90	448.90	480.50
Hourly Pay (excluding overtime)	£	£	£
Full-time workers	13.06	12.86	13.59
Male full-time workers	13.84	13.74	14.16
Female full-time workers	12.11	11.90	12.82

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings – resident analysis

Out of Work Benefits

Claimant Count (March 2017)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	Nos.	%	%	%
All people	4,320	2.6	3.0	2.4
Males	2,780	3.4	3.9	2.9
Females	1,540	1.8	2.2	1.8

Source: ONS claimant count

 

 

Claimant Count by age (March 2017)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	Nos.	%	%	%
Age 16+	4,320	2.6	3.0	2.0
Age 16 – 17	0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Age 18 – 24	875	4.2	4.3	2.9
Age 25 – 49	2,355	3.0	3.4	2.0
Age 50+	1,090	1.9	2.2	1.7

Source: ONS claimant count

 

 

Labour Demand

Employment Jobs (January 2016 – December 2016)

	Sefton	Liverpool City Region	UK
Employment Jobs	%	%	%
Full Time	71.0	75.2	74.6
Part Time	28.8	24.5	25.1
Employment Jobs by Industry
Manufacturing	7.9	9.3	9.3
Construction	6.1	6.1	7.0
Distribution, hotels and restaurants	17.8	20.1	18.5
Transport and communication	7.8	7.9	9.1
Banking, finance and insurance	14.9	14.8	17.1
Public admin, education and health	37.8	34.2	29.7
Other services	5.5	5.1	5.9

Source : Annual Population Survey

 

 

 

Earnings by Workplace (2016)

	Sefton	Merseyside	UK
Gross Weekly pay	£	£	£
Full-time workers	462.10	504.10	538.70
Male full-time workers	527.80	555.10	577.80
Female full-time workers	426.50	451.90	480.50
Hourly Pay
Full-time workers	11.81	12.87	13.59
Male full-time workers	12.22	13.65	14.16
Female full-time workers	11.35	12.00	12.82

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings – workplace analysis

 

 

Businesses

Business Demography (2015)

	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	Nos.	%	%	%
Active Enterprises (2015)	8,230	–	–	–
Business Births	1,145	13.9	15.5	14.3
Business Deaths	795	9.7	10.1	9.4

Source: Business Demography   % s a proportion of the stock

 

UK Business Counts (2016)

Local Units	Sefton		Liverpool City Region	UK
	Nos.	%	%	%
Micro (0 – 9 employees)	7,530	82.3	80.7	89.2
Small (10 – 49 employees)	1,330	14.5	15.3	8.9
Medium (50 – 249 employees)	260	2.8	3.5	1.6
Large (250+ employees)	35	0.6	0.6	0.4
Total	9,155	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: UK Business Counts – Local Units 2016