Employment and Skills

Population and Labour Market (Nomis 2009)

At the start of 2008, the population of Taunton Deane was 108,700 – over 20% of the Somerset population of 525,800.

Taunton has a very high number of jobs relative to its population, with 81.6% of the population economically active. This compares to 78.9% in Great Britain.

Over a third of employed personnel (34.6%) are employed in managerial and senior official positions, professional occupations and associate professional or technical positions.

Compared to the national average of 29.0%, a very high proprtion of the Borough's residents are qualified to degree level - 31.2% of residents have achieved an NVQ4 or its equivalent. The majority of residents (72.2%) possess NVQ Level 2 or its equivalent.

Full time workers earn an average of £22,500 compared to a national average of £24,400.

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