Statistics
Total Population (2001 census data)
| Thirsk (numbers) |
Hambleton (numbers) |
Great Britain (numbers) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All people | 5,629 | 84,111 | 57,103,923 |
| Males | 2,790 | 41,470 | 27,758,419 |
| Females | 2,839 | 42,641 | 29,345,504 |
Working age population (2001 census data)
| Thirsk (numbers) |
Thirsk (%) |
Hambleton (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All people - working age | 3,400 | 60.4 | 60.2 | 61.5 |
| Males - working age | 1,799 | 64.5 | 64.3 | 65.1 |
| Females - working age | 1,601 | 56.4 | 56.2 | 58.0 |
Employment by occupation (2001 census data)
| Thirsk (numbers) |
Thirsk (%) |
Hambleton (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Managers and senior officials | 382 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 14.9 |
| 2 Professional | 184 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
| 3 Associate professional & technical | 306 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| 4 Administrative & secretarial | 280 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 13.2 |
| 5 Skilled trades | 416 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 11.8 |
| 6 Personal services | 198 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 7 Sales and customer services | 137 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 8 Process plant and machine operatives | 315 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 8.7 |
| 9 Elementary occupations | 438 | 16.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
Qualifications (2001 census data)
| Thirsk (numbers) |
Thirsk (%) |
Hambleton (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All people | ||||
| No qualifications or level unknown | 1,751 | 42.9 | 32.4 | 35.8 |
| Lower level qualifications | 1,755 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 43.9 |
| Higher level qualifications | 574 | 14.1 | 23.7 | 20.4 |
| In employment | ||||
| No qualifications or level unknown | 892 | 33.2 | 25.1 | 25.6 |
| Lower level qualifications | 1,360 | 50.7 | 48.2 | 48.9 |
| Higher level qualifications | 432 | 16.1 | 26.7 | 25.5 |
| Unemployed | ||||
| No qualifications or level unknown | 44 | 37.3 | 33.9 | 38.4 |
| Lower level qualifications | 58 | 49.2 | 46.3 | 47.2 |
| Higher level qualifications | 16 | 13.6 | 19.8 | 14.5 |
More detailed labour market information for Thirsk can be found on the NOMIS website. Most of the data contained in this report is from the 2001 census.
More recent data for the Hambleton district can also be found on this page of the NOMIS website.
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