The bar charts give information about the proportion of population at the ages of 23 to 65 in different jobs in Ashby with the average percentage in the UK in 2008. Overall, It is clear that the unemployment rate in this town was higher than the UK’s average. Additionally, the majority of workers in Ashby were employed in personal services, whereas office work was the most prevalent occupation in the UK as a whole.
To begin, personal service was the highest occupied sector with 21 % in Ashby, while this data for the UK is 17%. Coming after personal service, the section of office affairs took second place with a portion of 18%, which was similar to that of the UK. Shop work in Ashby accounted for 14%. Likewise, the UK also has a proportion of 13%.
About remaining occupations, there was a big disparity in the percentages of construction and personal service. While the period saw 16% of Ashby residents work in construction and 8% in professional work, these sectors experienced quite reverse figures in the UK, translating into 10% and 14% respectively. Additionally, the rate of technical work in Ashby is only 9%, which is half the figure in England. It is noteworthy that the jobless population of Ashby and the whole country showed substantial numbers, with respective figures amounting to 14% and 10%.