Sumners and Kingsmoor - Harlow Council

Harlow Community Ward Profiles - 2006
7. Qualifications
The ward covering Sumners and Kingsmoor falls into the bottom half of Harlow’s
rankings for education and qualification based attainment, for employed and
unemployed people. In the field for ‘all people’, however, Sumners and
Kingsmoor scores relatively highly, and ranks second in Harlow for its attainment
of lower level qualifications in this field.
Sumners &
Kingsmoor
(numbers)
Sumners &
Kingsmoor
(%)
Harlow
(%)
GB
(%)
Rank
All people
No qualifications or level unknown 2,110 37.5 39.1 35.8 8
Lower level qualifications 2,903 51.5 49.1 43.9 2
Higher level qualifications 619 11 11.8 20.4 5
In employment
No qualifications or level unknown 1,226 31.1 29.1 25.6 5
Lower level qualifications 2,215 56.2 56.6 48.9 8
Higher level qualifications 501 12.7 14.3 25.5 6
Unemployed
No qualifications or level unknown 91 44.6 42.9 38.4 5
Lower level qualifications 103 50.5 50.7 47.2 6
Higher Level Qualifications 10 4.9 6.5 14.5 9
Source: Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics
8. Resident Workforce
4,281 people in Sumners and Kingsmoor (76.1% of the 16-74 population) are
economically active with 3,928 people (92%) in work. Of those employed, 82%
of people work full-time with the remaining 18% working part-time.
All People 16 - 74
Number(s) Percentage
Economically Active Total 4281 76.1%
Employee 3558 83.1
Part-time 650 18.3
Full-time 2908 81.7
Self-employed 370 8.6
Part-time 67 18.1
Full-time 303 81.9
Unemployed 207 4.8
Full time student 146 3.4
Economically Inactive Total 1346 23.9%
Retired 441 32.8
Student 137 10.2
Looking after family/home 402 29.9
Permanently sick or disabled 251 18.6
Other 115 8.5
Source: 2001 Census, Standard Tables
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