Equality and diversity framework 2021 to 2025

Appendix 1: Equalities, diversity and inclusion workforce dashboard

As at December 2020. Data source: iTrent 2020

Council population

  • Total 19,432
  • Female 69%
  • Male 31%
  • Average age 45 years
  • Disabled 3%
  • Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) 3.6%

Marital status

  • Civil partnership 0.2%
  • Divorced 2.9%
  • Living with partner 8.1%
  • Married 36.7%
  • Separated 2.1%
  • Single 27.8%
  • Widowed 0.7%
  • No information 21.6%

Part-time workers

  • Total workforce 49%
  • Male 17.6%
  • Female 82.4%

Age

  • 21 and under 1.6%
  • 22-30 14%
  • 31-40 22%
  • 41-50 24.4%
  • 51-60 27.4%
  • 61-64 7%
  • 65 and over 3.6%

Religion or belief

  • Agnostic 0.8%
  • Atheist 2.1%
  • Buddhist 0.1%
  • Christian 4.5%
  • Muslim 0.1%
  • Other 0.9%
  • No information 91.5%

Sex

Male % Female Total headcount Total workforce 31% 69% 19,432 Chief Officer 64.7% 35.3% 17 Local Government employees 33.5% 66.5% 14,490 Teachers 23.2% 76.8% 4,925

  Male Female Total headcount
Total workforce 31% 69% 19,432
Chief officer 64.7% 35.3% 17
Local government employees 33.5% 66.5% 14,490
Teachers 23.2% 76.8% 4,925

Sexual orientation

  • Bisexual 0.1%
  • Gay or lesbian 0.6%
  • Heterosexual 9.3%
  • No information 89.9%

Ethnicity

  • BAME 3.6%
  • Not BAME 77.3%
  • No information 19.1%

Disability

  • Disabled 3%
  • Not disabled 76%
  • No information 21%