East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

Results:
8.12 There are a number of market towns in
Lincolnshire as indicated on the Visit Lincolnshire
website www.visitlincolnshire.com . Employment
rates are available from the Annual Population
Survey for a number of geographical areas; the
lowest geographical area being district local
authorities. Employment rates are not available for
market towns.
Table 8.2 - Employment Rates in Coastal Areas (%)
8.13 Employment rates in coastal areas are based on
the three local authorities that have as part of their
district the Lincolnshire coast namely Boston, East
Lindsey and South Holland. Employment rates data
relates to a one year period ending in the month
shown in the table. Employment rate data from the
Annual Population Survey is not available at a point
in time such as January or August. Unemployment
data has been used to identify any seasonal
differences in labour market performance.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
Boston
76.2
76.2
East Lindsey
70.9
74.3
South Holland
77.7
77.6
Lincolnshire
75.3
76.5
East Midlands
75.4
75.8
Source: Annual Population Survey NOMIS
Table 8.3 - Unemployment in Coastal Areas (%)
Unemployment
January 04
Unemployment
January 04
Unemployment
January 04
Unemployment
January 04
Unemployment
January 04
Unemployment
January 04
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Boston
East Lindsey
South Holland
Coastal wards
Non coastal
wards
East Midlands
1.4
2.5
1.3
#
#
2.3
1.1
1.4
1.2
1.5
1.3
1.9
Source: NOMIS
‘Coastal wards’ refers to all wards which have a coastal boundary.Ward boundaries changed in 2001 so earlier
data are not comparable # data not available
Figure 8.2
1.7
2.5
1.5
3.3
1.7
2.0
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.8
1.6
2.1
2.3
2.6
1.8
3.4
2.1
2.3
2.3
2.0
2.0
2.4
2.1
2.4
Source:
NOMIS Claimant Count