Economy
| Carlisle compared | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 UK Census | City of Carlisle | Cumbria | England |
| Population of working age | 73,431 | 354,183 | 35,532,091 |
| Full-time employment | 39.0% | 36.9% | 40.8% |
| Part-time employment | 14.6% | 13.6% | 11.8% |
| Self employed | 8.2% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Unemployed | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Retired | 15.8% | 16.7% | 13.5% |
As of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Carlisle had 73,431 residents aged 16 to 74. Of these people, 2.4% were students with jobs, 3.1% students without jobs, 4.9% looking after home or family, 6.1% permanently sick or disabled and 2.3% economically inactive for other reasons.
In 2001, of 46,858 residents of the City of Carlisle in employment, the industry of employment was 20.4% retail and wholesale, 15.9% manufacturing, 11.1% health and social work, 8.1% property and business services, 7.7% transport and communications, 7.3% construction, 6.4% education, 5.9% hotels and restaurants, 5.8% public administration and defence, 3.1% agriculture, 2.3% finance, 0.7% energy and water supply, 0.3% mining, and 4.5% other. This was roughly in line with national figures, although the proportion of jobs in agriculture which was more than the national average of 1.5% and the percentage of people working in finance was less than half the national average of 4.8%; the proportion of people working in property was also below the national average of 13.2%.
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