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Industrial & occupational structure - employment

Southampton's economy and labour market which was once dominated by the manufacturing sector, particularly port-related activities is now developing and changing.

Industries such as leisure and tourism, retail and finance, banking and insurance services are contributing to creating a more diverse local economy that provides employment for around 120,000 people. The majority of these are employed in more than 7,000 local businesses and public sector organisations.

Increasingly, Southampton is seeing a growth in enterpreneurship with currently more than 10,000 individuals setting up their own business.

Industrial Structure - Employment

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The industrial structure of employment shows the number of people employed in particular industries in Southampton.

Occupational Structure	All		Males		Females
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Managers and Senior Officials	14,600	12	8,100	15.3	6,500	9.4
Professional Occupations	21,200	17.4	11,400	21.5	9,800	14.2
Associate Professional and Technical	18,500	15.2	7,900	14.9	10,600	15.4
Administrative and Secretarial	19,200	15.8	5,500	10.4	13,700	19.9
Skilled Trades Occupations	4,500	3.7	4,100	7.7	400	0.6
Personal Service Occupations	12,100	9.9	900	1.7	11,200	16.3
Sales / Cusomter service occupations	12,300	10.1	3,900	7.3	8,400	12.2
Process plant and machine Operatives	7,300	6	6,800	12.8	500	0.7
Elementary occupations	12,200	10	4,500	8.5	7,700	11.2
Total	121,900		53,100		68,800
Source: Annual Population Survey - workplace analysis

Occupational Structure - Employment

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The occupational structure shows the number of people employed in particular occupations.

Industrial Structure	Number of Employees	%
Manufacturing	6,825	6
Construction	5,554	4.9
Distribution, hotels and restaurants	23,737	20.9
Transport and communications	7,712	6.8
Banking, finance and insurance	28,948	25.5
Public administration, education and health	36,410	32.1
Other Services	4,365	3.8
Total	113,551	100
Full Time	77,555	68.3
Part Time	35,996	31.7
Source: Annual Business Inquiry Workplace Analysis

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