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Economic Profile

The established sectors important to Derby for employment, GDP or because they are a specialised sector for the region are advanced engineering industries including rail, aerospace and automotive.

The emerging key sectors that have the potential to be important to the economy of Derby in the future are high value added engineering and creative industries.

Industry of employment, 2001

Employment of population of Derby, by sector
  Female % Male % Both %
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 0.23 0.74 0.50
Mining and quarrying 0.07 0.20 0.14

Manufacturing

11.62 31.51 22.39
Electricity, gas and water supply 0.52 1.03 0.80
Construction 1.37 9.51 5.78
Wholesale & retail trade, repair of motor vehicles 18.52 15.08 16.66
Hotels and catering 6.22 4.21 5.13
Transport, storage & communication 3.70 8.62 6.36
Financial intermediation 3.48 2.11 2.74
Real estate, renting and business activities 10.30 12.83 11.67
Total aged 16 - 74 in employment 43,763 51,688 95,451
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

Population

The population of Derby is 233,700, with 92,405 households. The total population of Derby and the surrounding authority areas of Derbyshire is 747,500. Within the catchment area of the East Midlands the population rises to 4,306,300 people.

Usual resident population, 2006
  2006* All people 2006* Males  2006* Females 
Derby 233,700 115,600 118,100
Derbyshire 747,500 367,800 379,700
East Midlands 4,306,300 2,124,200 2,182,100
*Mid year population estimates based on 2001 Census of population results and local authority population studies

Usual resident population, 2001
  2001* All people 2001* Males  2001* Females 
Derby 221,708 108,240 113,468
Derbyshire 734,585 360,839 373,746
East Midlands 4,172,174 2,048,858 2,123,316

Population change, 1999-2001
  change since 1991 % Area (hectares)  2001 Density
per hectare 
Derby -0.53 7,803 28.41
Derbyshire 1.03 254,673 2.88
East Midlands 1.04 1,560,650 2.67
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

Economic activity, Derby, 2001
  Male Female All
Employees: Part-time % 3.50 21.23 12.49
Employees: Full-time % 52.11 27.68 39.72
Self-employed % 8.16 2.76 5.42
Unemployed % 5.28 2.76 4.00
Full-time student% 3.01 3.38 3.20
Retired % 12.69 15.96 14.35
Student % 5.15 5.12 5.14
Looking after home/family % 1.05 12.04 6.62
Permanently sick/disabled % 6.26 5.28 5.76
Other 2.79 3.79 3.30
unemployed Aged 16 – 24 % 26.03 27.47 26.53
All 16 - 74 (number) 77,960 80,196 158,156
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

Age Structure, 2001
Age Derby Derbyshire East Midlands
0–4 6.15

5.54

5.73
5–7 3.85 3.69 3.72
8–9 2.81 2.63 2.63
10-14 6.87 6.53 6.70
15 1.34 1.24 1.28
16-17 2.58 2.45 2.49
18-19 2.71 2.00 2.46
20-24 6.82 4.59 5.87
25-29 6.92 5.79 6.10
30-44 21.94 22.72 22.35
45-59 17.19 20.87 19.62
60-64 4.62 5.20 4.97
65-74 8.56 8.80 8.53
Total: 221,708 734,585 4,172,174
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

Working Population

Ave Gross Weekly Earnings (Adult Rates) 2000-2002
  2000 2001 2002
  Derby England Derby England Derby England
Male 491.2 464.1 508.8 490.3 492.4 513.8
Female 338.6 343.7 326.7 366.9 365.3 383.4
All 447.2 419.7 456.2 444.2 454.3 464.8
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

 

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification of working population of Derby, 2001
  Male Female All
Large employers and higher managerial occupations % 4.42 1.47 2.93
Higher professional occupations % 7.01 2.03 4.48
Lower managerial and professional occupations % 15.52 16.66 16.10
Intermediate occupations % 4.28 12.31 8.35
Small employers and own account workers % 7.39 2.70 5.01
Lower supervisory and technical occupations % 12.57 4.37 8.41
Semi-routine occupations % 10.74 15.50 13.15
Routine occupations % 11.23 9.48 10.34
Never worked % 1.90 4.77 3.36
Long-term unemployed 1.77 0.91 1.33
Full-time students 7.96 8.25 8.10
Total aged 16 - 74 (number) 77,960 80,196 158,156
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

 

Occupation of Derby Population, 2001
  Male Female All
Managers and senior officials% 9.04 15.49 12.53
Professional occupations % 8.22 12.24 10.40
Associate professional and technical occupations % 13.89 12.03 12.88
Administrative and secretarial occupations % 20.83 4.85 12.17
Skilled trades occupations % 2.71 19.55 11.83
Personal service occupations % 12.76 2.07 6.98
Sales and customer service occupations % 13.37 4.45 8.54
Process, plant and machine operatives % 3.98 16.23 10.61
Elementary occupations % 15.20 13.09 14.06
Employment (number) 43,763 51,688 95,451

 

Qualification Level of population of Derby, 2001
  Number %
No qualifications % 49,650 31.4
Highest qualification attained level 1 26,350 17.00
Highest qualification attained level 2 27,350 17.3
Highest qualification attained level 3 13,230 8.4
Highest qualification attained level 4/5 28,042 17.7
Other qualifications/level unknown 13,000 8.2
Total full-time students 12,818 8.1
Total full-time students aged 18 – 74 8,623 3.9
Total aged 16 - 74 158,156 100
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

 

Method of travelling to work, 2001
  Derby Derbyshire East Midlands
  Number % Number % Number %
Work from home 6,513 6.8 31,133 9.1 173,308 9.0
Train 810 0.8 4,283 1.3 18,849 1.0
Bus, minibus or coach 8,916 9.3 18,938 5.6 133,858 7.0
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 1,321 1.4 3,916 1.2 20,018 1.0
Driving a car or van 54,329 56.9 214,681 63.0 1,157,931 60.4
Passenger in a car or van 6,901 7.2 24,494 7.2 133,260 7.0
Taxi or minicab 715 0.8 1,236 0.4 7,926 0.4
Bicycle 4,233 4.4 6,199 1.8 62,644 3.3
On foot 11,413 12.0 34,565 10.1 201,247 10.5
Other 300 0.3 1,256 0.4 7,400 0.4
All people aged 16 - 74 in employment (number) 95,451 100 341,097 100 1,917,728 100
Source: Household Survey Census 2001

 

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