Employment in Clackmannanshire
The Clackmannanshire economy is still in the process of restructuring and, over the last few years, it has seen a massive decline in employment in the traditional manufacturing sector, particularly in the textile and brewing industries. Deep-mining in Scotland ceased in 2002 after the Longannet Mine closed following water ingress. Now only open-cast mines provide mining employment in Clackmannanshire
New employment opportunities are being created in key growth sectors. Retailing is a particularly vibrant sector.
Employees in Employment (working age)
| Industry | 2006 | 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Agriculture and fishing | * | * | * | * |
| Energy and water | * | * | 400 | 1.9% |
| Manufacturing | 3,000 | 14.1% | 2,700 | 12.7% |
| Construction | 2,500 | 11.6% | 2,200 | 10.5% |
| Distribution, hotels and restaurants | 3,600 | 16.5% | 4,600 | 21.9% |
| Transport and communications | 1,100 | 5.2% | 900 | 4.4% |
| Banking, finance and insurance | 3,400 | 15.6% | 3,200 | 15.2% |
| Public admin. education and health | 6,400 | 29.9% | 6,300 | 30.3% |
| Other services | 1,300 | 6.1% | 700 | 3.1% |
| Total services/industries | 15,800 | 73.3% | 15,700 | 74.9% |
Source: National Statistics (from NOMIS website: www.nomisweb.co.uk)
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Employees in Employment (all ages)
| Industry | 2006 | 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Agriculture and fishing | * | * | * | * |
| Energy and water | * | * | 400 | 1.8% |
| Manufacturing | 3,000 | 13.8% | 2,700 | 12.1% |
| Construction | 2,500 | 11.3% | 2,200 | 10% |
| Distribution, hotels and restaurants | 3,600 | 16.5% | 4,900 | 22.2% |
| Transport and communications | 1,100 | 5.1% | 1,000 | 4.5% |
| Banking, finance and insurance | 3,400 | 15.6% | 3,200 | 14.8% |
| Public admin. education and health | 6,700 | 30.4% | 6,800 | 31.2% |
| Other services | 1,400 | 6.2% | 700 | 3.3% |
| Total services/industries | 16,300 | 73.8% | 16,700 | 76% |
* denotes that the sample is too small to accurately estimates some of the values for small areas
The Scottish Government publishes economic profiles (including employment figures) for each local authority on its website - an index lists all authorities and the Clackmannanshire page can be found here.
NB: You may need to download a free Excel viewer to access these profiles.
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