Employment
The survey had a response of 203 in respect of the analysis requested.
Employed - 70
Self-employed - 35
Unemployed - 7
Government training - 1
Total - 113 (56%)
Full time education - 26 (13%)
Retired (wholly) - 45 (22%)
Unwaged - 12 (6%)
Sick/disabled/other - 7 (3%)
The main place for paid work shows the following:
At home - 28 people (24%)
Elsewhere in the Parish - 13 people (11%)
within 10 miles of the Parish - 53 people (45%)
Between 10 and 30 miles - 18 people (16%)
Over 30 miles - 5 people (5%)
A total of 8 people are actively seeking paid work representing 7% of the total respondents.
Self Employment
Whilst only 35 people responded as Self-employed people, a total of 42 businesses were registered as follows:
Agriculture - 15
Professional services - 9
Retail/repair - 8
Construction - 4
Manufacturing - 2
Hotel/catering/tourism - 2
Services/other - 2
This can be summarised as 50% production and 50% services.
The intention of becoming self-employed is stated by 6 people. However, 18 people see considerable difficulties becoming self-employed citing a combination of 7 'lack of' reasons.
Start up finance - 11 out of 18
Business skills - 9
Contacts - 8
Premises - 7
Technical skills - 5
Confidence - 3
Other issues - 2
Training
A high figure of 89 people expressed an interest in vocational training citing a combination of 7 different need indicators:
New technology/computing - 47 out of 89
Skilled/craft related - 40
Rural/agricultural skills - 10
Professional/managerial/supervisory - 19
Clerical/secretarial - 11
Technical - 11
Other - 13
Housing
Of the 201 people who responded on this issue, 119 (59%) expressed the need for housing, prioritised as follows:
Housing for local people - 77 out of 119 (65%)
Housing for young people - 55 (46%)
For low income families - 37 (31%)
Family housing - 22 (18%)
Housing for the elderly - 21 (17%)
Other housing - 13 (11%)
The remaining respondents were 25% in favour of NO MORE HOUSING and 16% NO OPINION on the issue. However it was clear respondents were split on the issue of whether new housing would spoil the Parish.
Yes it would - 44%
No it would not - 39%
No opinion - 17%
13 households indicated a need for alternative accommodation as follows:
Now - 2
Next 3 years - 10
Over 3 years - 1
The majority of these important cases are for rented accommodation
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