The bar chart compares adults based on their employment status in two years: 2003 and 2013.
Overall, business was consistently a leading sector, employing the larges adult population, though it’s rate declined. Similarly, the proportion of medical professionals fell sharply, making it the smallest category in 2013. By contrast, the remaining categories trended upwards, albeit to varying extents, with the sharpest rise being recorded in the rate of self-employment and unemployment. While the figures for education training, building, hotel industry remained relatively low.
Business and medicine were the only sectors to witness a decrease. Business employed a substantial 45%of adults in 2003, which was followed by a fall of about 10 percentage points by 2003, still retaining it’s leading position. Medical professionals mirrored this trend, dropping from around 20% in 2003 to just over 10% by 2013, which placed the sector among the lowest group by the final year.
The rest of the categories, bucked the trend. Self-employed and unemployed both starting at 12-13% in 2003, more than doubled to around 30% by 2013. Lastly, building, education, and hotel industry began at lowest levels (5%-11%) but rose notably, converging at around 20% by 2013.