The pie charts give information about the proportion of individuals aged 23-65 in different jobs in Ashby and in the UK as a whole in 2008.
Overall, it is obvious that the unemployment rate of this town was higher than that of the whole country. Additionally, people living in Ashby generally preferred to work in personal service , while office work was the most popular profession in the whole country.
Regarding the largest components, personal services accounted for 21% of total occupations in Ashby, which was 4% higher than the figure for the UK, at 17%. In contrast, the largest proportion of the UK’s population worked in offices at 19%, which was slightly higher than Ashby’s 18%. Similarly, the percentage of people working in shops in both regions was only 1% apart, as it accounted for 14% in Ashby and 13% in the UK.
As for the remaining, 9% of Ashby residents spend their jobs in technical work, which was nearly double lower than The UK at 17%. Furthermore, in the UK people were more focused on professional jobs compared to Ashby, at 14%, which was higher than Ashby’s 8%. Lastly, the unemployed and construction work categories both in the UK have an equal rate at 10%, but in Ashby the unemployment rate was 4% higher and the figure for construction work was also 6% higher, at 14% and 16%, respectively.