Eastbourne has a high retention of working residents.
73% of the working residents do not travel outside of the district to their place of work. Only 4% of workers in Eastbourne live outside of East Sussex.
Eastbourne also benefits from low unemployment compared to the England & Wales average.
The largest proportion of employment is within the service sector, in particular the public sector.
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Total jobs in Eastbourne
Economic activity
Employment by industry
Earnings
Qualifications
Workforce projections
Total Jobs in Eastbourne
| | Jobs | Percentage % | South East
% | Great Britain
% |
Total employee jobs | 36,632 | - | - | - |
Full time | 21,088 | 57.6 | 66.5 | 68.1 |
| Part time | 15,544 | 42.4 | 33.5 | 31.9 |
Source: annual business inquiry employee analysis 2003
Economic Activity
Percentage of population aged 16-74 (based on 89,667 residents, Census 2001)
| | Eastbourne
% | South East
% | England & Wales
% |
Economically active | | | |
Employees Full time | 35.6 | 43.2 | 40.6 |
Employees Part time | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.8 |
Self employed | 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.3 |
| Unemployed | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
Full time student | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Retired | 18.0 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
Economically inactive | | | |
| Student | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Looking after home/ family | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Permanently sick/ disabled | 5.1 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| Other | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
Source: National Statistics 2001
Employment by Industry
Industry | Jobs in Eastbourne | Eastbourne % | South East % | Great Britain % |
Manufacturing | 2,859 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 12.6 |
Construction | 913 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
Services | 32,800 | 89.5 | 84.2 | 81.5 |
- Distribution: hotels & restaurants | 12,698 | 35 | 26.3 | 24.6 |
| - Transport & communications | 1,257 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| - Finance, IT, other business activities | 4,118 | 11.4 | 22.4 | 19.7 |
- Public admin,
education & health | 12,893 | 34.6 | 24.1 | 26.0 |
- Other services | 1,835 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
off which are tourism related | 3,436 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
Source: annual business inquiry employee analysis 2003
Earnings
Median earnings for employees living in Eastbourne
| | Eastbourne
Pounds £ | East Sussex
Pounds £ | Great Britain
Pounds £ |
Gross weekly pay | | | |
Full time workers | 413.4 | 418.1 | 422.9 |
Hourly pay | | | |
Full time workers | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
Source: annual business inquiry employee analysis 2003
