Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 201045County Economic Assessment 2010 and the recently published SouthWorcestershire Employment Land Review 2010 (ELR).6.6 Figure 6 shows that since 2000, the amount of people working full timehas risen for all three districts, compared to part time, which hasdecreased. In 2009, 73% of Worcester City’s employees were full timecompared to the 62% figure in 2000. Since 2000, Wychavonexperienced the least significant change in its workforce, as it droppedby 1.3% from 70.1% to 68.8% and rose again in 2006 by 2.2% to71.0%.Percentage (%) of People WorkingPercentage of People Working Full or Part TimeMalvern Hills Wychavon Worcester City90.00%80.00%70.00%60.00%50.00%40.00%30.00%20.00%10.00%0.00%Full Time Full Time Full Time Part Time Part Time Part Time2000 2006 2009 2000 2006 2009Year and Full or Part TimeFigure 6: Percentage of people working from home or part time (WCEA2007/8 and 2009/10).6.7 It is hypothesised the steady rise in full time workers and decline of parttime workers could be attributed to the UK recession, since the laterhalf of 2007, and the resulting reduction in the availability of credit. Thisaffect has created much uncertainty and has directly effected the localemployment.6.8 Between April 2009 and March 2010, Malvern Hills had the highestnumber of self employed people (17.5%) at working age, suggesting