Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 201047Authority 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Malvern Hills 26,800 27,000 26,700 28,000 27,000 26,500Worcester 52,300 52,700 49,000 50,100 50,900 50,500Wychavon 45,300 45,900 45,800 48,200 49,400 50,200South Worcs 124,400 125,600 121,500 126,300 127,300 127,200Table 8: number of employee jobs by local authority between 2003 and2008 (these exclude the self employed) (ABI, 2008 and WorcestershireCounty Economic Assessment, 2009 and 2010).6.10 The breakdown of business structures from 2008 shows that Publicadministration, education and health was the largest sector in all threedistricts. In Malvern and Worcester City, Males dominate the industry,whereas females, in all three authorities, dominate the Public,Administration, Education and Health sector. The smallest industry inWorcester City, Wychavon and Malvern Hills is Agriculture and Fishing,largely due to the growth of the tertiary sector, for exampleAdministration and Insurance. The Hotels, Restaurants and Distributionindustry is fairly equal between both genders. This could be because ofall the varied work hotels and restaurants require, such as cleaners,chefs, waitresses, waiters, bar and administration staff (WCEA 09/10).6.11 The Business types between Malvern Hills District and Wychavon arevery similar. They both have a large amount of premises occupied byretail outlets, 22.9% and 22.5% respectively, but also have a similarnumber of factories, 22.0% and 20.4% respectively. Worcester City, onthe other hand, is predominantly retail, with over 33% of premisesbeing used in this way. Offices (21.1%) also play a large part inWorcester City’s business structure. As expected, large factories andwarehouses are generally not found around the city centre, as space