The pie charts illustrate the employment status of people in the 23-65 age group in both Ashby and the UK in 2008. Overall, while office work was generally preferred by British workers, this profession was not the most prevalent in Ashby town.
As can be seen from the pie charts, the number of unemployed people contributed to 10% of the national labor force, which was slightly smaller than the figure of 14% in Ashby. Personal service constituted 21% of the workforce, being the highest among the six sectors in Ashby town, while this only accounted for 17% of the UK’s workforce. Construction work and shop work in Ashby also surpassed national rates, standing at 16% and 14% respectively, compared to the UK’s lesser proportions of 10% and 13% respectively.
In addition, the UK recorded a relatively large number of workers twice as likely to be employed in technical and professional positions as their counterparts in Ashby, with percentages of 17% and 14% for the UK versus 9% and 8% in Ashby. Moreover, the number of office workers aged between 23 and 65 comprised 17% of the UK’s occupations, while this figure for Ashby town stood at only 9%.