Construction is the fifth largest sector for employment in England and Wales and Essex is the region with the highest concentration of construction workers, according to data released this week from the 2011 census.
A total of 7.7% of the 26.5m people aged 16 to 74 who responded to the question of which sector they work in claimed to be employed in construction. This is 2,043,229 people. The new statistics provide welcome ammunition for lobbyists reinforcing the claim that construction is one if the country’s most important employers.
The wholesale, retail and vehicle repairs group comes out top – employing 15.9%, or 4.2 million – followed by human health and social work, 12.5%; education, 9.9%; and manufacturing, 9.9%.
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