Perry Barr Constituency Economic & Employment Profile March 2015 Economic Research & Policy Economy Directorate Perry Bridge Flikr Creative Commons Contents Introduction 2 Perry Barr Key Facts 3 1. Business 4 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 Employment 4 1.2.1 Private Sector Employment 5 1.2.2 Employment by Sector 5 1.3 Employment Forecasts 6 1.4 Enterprise 6 1.4.1 Business Numbers 6 1.4.2 Businesses by Sector 7 2. Place 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Development & Regeneration 9 2.3 Deprivation & Child Poverty 9 2.3.1 Child Poverty 10 3. People 11 3.1 Introduction 11 3.2 Working Age Population 11 3.2.1 Ethnic Structure 12 3.3 Qualifications & Skills 12 3.3.1 NVQ Qualifications 13 3.4 Economic Activity 13 3.5 Unemployment 14 3.5.1 Youth Unemployment 15 3.5.2 Unemployment by Ethnicity 16 Introduction The Perry Barr constituency is fourth largest constituency in proportion than the city located in the north of Birmingham. The constituency average of 42.1% and over Birmingham and comprises the has a population of 107,090, four times the national average four wards of Handsworth the fourth largest population of of 14.6%. Wood, Lozells and East all the constituencies in the This report provides detailed Handsworth, Oscott and Perry city; Perry Barr has the fourth information on the Perry Barr Barr. The constituency forms smallest population density of constituency and intra- the northwest boundary of the the 10 constituencies at 43 constituency comparisons by city. The four wards are largely people per hectare. 37.9% of ward. The report is divided into residential; Lozells and East Perry Barr constituency’s the following three sections: Handsworth is the least population are aged 24 and affluent ward, although it has under, resulting in the Perry pockets of affluence. Perry Barr constituency having the Barr and Oscott wards have fifth highest proportion of both areas of relative affluence young people compared with and deprivation. In the other constituencies. In the Handsworth Wood the balance Perry Barr constituency, Black is more towards the affluent. and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups make up just over half Perry Barr has a total land area (60.3%) of the total of 2,487 hectares making it the population; this is a higher 1. Business 2. Place 3. People This first section In this section we provide This section looks at the examines recent trends in an overview of major age structure and ethnic employment in the area developments that are profile of the area and and provides a planned in the area. We educational attainment b r e a k d o w n o f then analyse the degree and resident employment by sector of deprivation in the qualification levels. We a n d f o r e c a s t s o f constituency using the then focus on economic employment change to Index of Deprivation. activity and examine 2025. The final part of Finally levels of child claimant unemployment this section examines poverty within the levels in the area enterprise in the constituency are including analysis of constituency including examined. youth unemployment, business start ups and l o n g - t e r m unemployment and unemployment by ethnicity. Perry Barr Economic & Employment Profile 2 Population 107K 29K Jobs 21% Located in Qualified 69K Aged Constituency To 16-64 NVQ4+ Key Facts 2,400 Active 71% Businesses Economically Active 57% in Unemployment Employment 7.3% & Falling 1. Business Summary There are 28,500 jobs located within the At a sectoral level, around a third of all jobs in Perry Barr constituency. Perry Barr constituency are in Public Services. Retail & Leisure (29.8%) and Manufacturing This equates to 5.8% of total workplace (14.7%) are the next largest sectors. employment in Birmingham and makes Perry Barr the fifth smallest constituency in terms of Employment in Perry Barr constituency is set workplace employment. to grow by a relatively subdued 3.7% between 2013 and 2025, a little lower than Between 2012 and 2013, Perry Barr has seen the growth forecast for the city as a whole employment increase by 600 (2.2%), above (4.3%). the national growth rate of 1.4%. There are 2,400 businesses within Perry Barr 80% of Perry Barr’s workplace based accounting for 7.0% of all businesses in the employment is in the private sector, a higher city. proportion than for the city (75%) but below the national figure (82%). The number of businesses in the area grew by 2.8% between 2013 and 2014 below the The latest data shows that privates sector city rate (4.7%). employment in the area remained unchanged between 2012 and 2013, with 0% growth compared to growth at a city level (0.4%) and nationally (1.9%). 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Employment This section looks at the This data is workplace based when the economy began to workplace based employment in data and refers to the recover from the recession and the Perry Barr constituency and employment located within the 2013 Perry Barr has seen its wards. The sectoral mix of constituency – and not the employment fall by 2,600 employment in the constituency number of Perry Barr residents in (-8.4%). However, the most is also explored with comparisons employment. recent data shows employment increasing by 600 between 2012 to the city average. There are currently 28,500 jobs and 2013. This represents an located within the Perry Barr The section also includes a employment growth rate of 2.2% constituency. This equates to forecast for how employment the same as the growth rate 5.8% of total workplace may change in Perry Barr achieved at a city level and employment in Birmingham and through to 2025. above the national growth rate of makes Perry Barr the fifth 1.4%. Finally we look at enterprise, smallest constituency in terms of workplace employment. Though focussing on various measures of being one of the more residential business vitality within the constituencies the area still constituency. contains some significant Employment data in this section concentrations of employment is taken from an official Office for e.g. Perry Barr shopping centre National Statistics (ONS) and large employers like dataset, the Business Register Birmingham City university and and Employment Survey (BRES). TRW Automotive. Between 2010 Perry Barr Economic & Employment Profile 4 Table 1.1: Workplace Based Employment Change 2012-2013 Area 2010 2011 2012 2013 1. Business Number % Handsworth Wood 4,400 4,400 4,000 3,700 -300 -7.5% Lozells and East Handsworth 4,500 3,600 3,800 3,900 100 2.6% OscottSummary 7,600 6,700 6,500 7,000 500 7.7% Perry Barr 14,600 13,200 13,600 13,900 300 2.2% Perry Barr Constituency 31,100 28,000 27,900 28,500 600 2.2% 1.2.1. Private Sector Employment Chart 1.2: Private & Public Sector Growth in private sector employment in the city is Employment Split essential. Birmingham has a disproportionately large public sector and in the decade prior to the Outer to inner Perry Barr recession the city became over reliant on the public Birmingham sector to drive employment growth. Since 2010 England public sector employment locally has been falling and the likelihood is that this trend will persist in the medium term as austerity continues. Chart 1.2 shows the employment share of the private and public sector in Perry Barr compared to Birmingham and the national average. At 80% Perry Barr has a larger proportion of its workplace based employment in the private sector than the % Private % Public city (75%) but below the share nationally (82%). Chart 1.3: Private Sector Employment The latest data shows that privates sector 3.0% employment in the was unchanged between 2012 and 2013 (0.0%) compared to growth at a city level (0.4%) and a nationally (1.9%). Whilst overall private sector growth was nil some sectors 2.0% like constriction saw strong growth but this was offset b falling employment in other private sector industries like manufacturing and transport and 1.0% communications. 1.2.2. Employment by Sector 0.0% Perry Barr Birmingham England At a sectoral level, services account for 77% of the constituency’s workplace employment, the second Chart 1.4: Employment by Sector 2013 lowest proportion amongst the city’s 10 constituency’s. The sectoral mix in the constituency Outer -Birmingham is broadly similar to the city overall for most sectors Inner - Perry Barr with the notable difference being Perry Barr has a smaller Financial and Professional Services sector and larger Manufacturing and Construction sectors Construction The largest sectors in the area are Public Services Fin & Prof Services Retail & Leisure both accounting for a little under a Manufacturing third of total employment in Perry Barr. Chart 1.4 Mining & Utilities shows the sectoral mix of employment in Perry Public Services Barr constituency compared to Birmingham. Retail & Leisure Transport & Comms Perry Barr Economic & Employment Profile 5 6 1.3. Employment Forecasts Making1. Businessaccurate economic sectoral employment, they do not impacts of rising productivity and projections is extremely directly take into account adjusts to a decline in public challenging, given the fast potential employment effects of sector employment. Indeed the changingSummary nature of the current any new developments that take level of employment in the city in economic climate. These place in the constituency and 2025 is only just returning to the employment forecasts have been therefore represent a base levels seen prior to the recession.