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Here’s a snapshot of how.

Economy


Table: Public sector and private sector employment

Havering London England
Employee jobs in the private sector (% of all employee jobs) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 76.4 (94,200) 80.9 78.0
Employee jobs in the public sector (% of all employee jobs) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 23.6 (29,100) 19.1 22.0

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Table: Employees by sector

Havering London England
Employees in manufacturing (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 3.8      (4,800) 3.8 9.4
Employees in construction (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 12.8  (16,000) 6.9 7.0
Employees in distribution, hotels and restaurants (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 15.3  (19,000) 15.9 18.4
Employees in transport and communications (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 10.1  (12,500) 12.3 9.1
Employees in banking, finance and insurance (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 19.3  (24,400) 26.1 17.3
Employees in public administration,education & health (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 28.1 (35,000) 26.4 29.7
Employees in other services (% all employees) (Oct 2015 – Sep 2016) 6.5  (8,100) 7.2 3.8

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Table: Industry of employment

Havering London England
People working in Mining and quarrying (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 0.0 (0) 0.1 0.2
People working in Manufacturing (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 3.8  (3,000) 2.3 8.3
People working in Electricity, Gas and Water Supply (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 0.1 (50) 0.2 0.4
People working in Construction (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 7.7  (6,000) 2.8 4.6
People working in Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 20.5  (16,000) 12.6 15.8
People working in Hotels and catering (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 5.8  (4,500) 7.6 7.2
People working in Transport storage and communication (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 6.4  (5,000) 4.6 4.7
People working in Financial intermediation (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 2.6  (2,000) 7.2 3.6
People working in Real estate; renting and business activities (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 1.0     (800) 2.7 1.7
People working in Public administration and defence (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 3.8  (3,000) 4.4 4.4
People working in Education (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 11.5  (9,000) 7.9 9.2
People working in Health and social work (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 17.9  (14,000) 10.2 13.3
People working in Other employment (% of all in employment 16-74) (2015) 1.6  (1,250) 2.3 2.0

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Table: VAT registered enterprises by age of business

Havering London England
VAT based enterprises that are less than 2 years old (% of all VAT enterprises) (2013) 19.6(1,385) 23.0 17.4
VAT based enterprises that are 2 to 3 years old (% of all VAT enterprises) (2013) 14.5(1,020) 16.4 13.1
VAT based enterprises that are 4 to 9 years old (% of all VAT enterprises) (2013) 26.7 (1,885) 27.1 26.6
VAT based enterprises that are 10 or more years old (% of all VAT enterprises) (2013) 39.1(2,760) 33.5 42.8

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Table: VAT registered local units by employment sizeband

Havering London England
VAT based local units employing 0 to 4 people (% of all VAT based local units) (2013) 70.4(5,850) 72.0 68.6
VAT based local units employing 5 to 9 people (% of all VAT based local units) (2013) 14.2 (1,180) 12.9 14.3
VAT based local units employing 10 to 19 people (% of all VAT based local units) (2013) 7.3 (610) 7.5 8.3
VAT based local units employing 20 or more people (% of all VAT based local units) (2013) 8.0 (665) 7.7 8.9

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)