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Facts and Figures
Area 104 square miles
• Population 129,500 (1999 Mid-year estimate):
• Population Density 4.5 people per hectare (April 1995)
• Unemployment Rate 0.9% (October 2002)
• Council Tax Band D £834.30
• Mean Income (Surrey) £23,000
Population
The population of Guildford Borough currently stands at 129,200 (1999
Mid-year estimate):
• 61,420 are economically active
• 35,270 work in the Borough
• 26,150 work outside the Borough
• 0.7% are unemployed (May 2001)
Workforce
Guildford Borough's workforce is made up of 57,887 jobs:
• 35,270 of these are taken up by residents in Guildford Borough
• 22,610 are taken up by people from outside the Borough
Industry
Sector
There are about 5020 businesses in Guildford Borough. Information on the
occupation of people working in the Borough shows that:
• 81.7%
of employees are based in the service sector
• 9.5% of employees are based in the manufacturing sector
• 4.4%
of employees are based in the construction sector
• 4.4% of employees are based in the primary industry sector
Source: All figures, except where indicated, originate from the 1991
Census of Population
Business Profile
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Number
of employees
|
%
of companies employing that number
|
|
1
|
13.6%
|
|
2-6
|
39.9%
|
|
6-9
|
17.2%
|
|
10-19
|
15.0%
|
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20-49
|
9.5%
|
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50-99
|
3.0%
|
|
100-199
|
1.2%
|
|
200+
|
0.6%
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Source: Guildford
Business Database
GDP by Sector for Guildford and Surrey
| |
|
Guildford
£bn
|
Surrey
£bn
|
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Sic
92
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Description
|
2000
|
2005
|
2010
|
2000
|
2005
|
2010
|
|
ABC
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Agriculture
& Extraction
|
.10
|
.12
|
.14
|
.81
|
.98
|
1.15
|
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DE
|
Manufacturing
& Utitlities
|
.31
|
.33
|
.35
|
2.43
|
2.67
|
2.85
|
|
F
|
Construction
|
.09
|
.10
|
.11
|
.69
|
.79
|
.87
|
|
G
|
Retail
& Wholesale
|
.23
|
.26
|
.25
|
1.85
|
2.09
|
2.29
|
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HO
|
Leisure
|
.15
|
.20
|
.25
|
1.20
|
1.59
|
2.02
|
|
I
|
Transport
& Communications
|
.17
|
.21
|
.26
|
1.38
|
1.70
|
2.06
|
|
J
|
Finance
& Insurance
|
.16
|
.18
|
.19
|
1.26
|
1.42
|
1.54
|
|
K72
|
Computer
|
.11
|
.15
|
.19
|
.86
|
1.21
|
1.51
|
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Krest
|
Business
Services
|
.52
|
.65
|
.84
|
4.14
|
5.23
|
6.78
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Public
Services
|
Public
Services
|
.25
|
.27
|
.29
|
2.01
|
2.19
|
2.37
|
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Total
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2.09
|
2.47
|
2.87
|
16.63
|
19.87
|
23.44
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Source: Figures adpated by Surrey Economic Partnership from base forecasts
provided by PACEC, 2000
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