Diversity and inclusion data
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Comparison with census data
Gender
| Gender |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
| Male |
31% |
49.9% |
| Female |
69% |
50.1% |
Disability status
| Disability status |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
Census 2011 (%) |
| Prefer not to say |
2% |
0% |
0% |
| Unknown |
12% |
0 |
0 |
| Not disabled |
79% |
81.6% |
78.8% |
| Disabled |
7% |
18.4% |
21.2% |
Religion
| Religion |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
Census 2011 (%) |
| Other |
2.38% |
0.6% |
0.5% |
| Not stated |
4.59% |
6.1% |
6.4% |
| Unknown |
24.67% |
0% |
0% |
| Sikh |
4.04% |
5% |
5% |
| Muslim |
3.2% |
10.4% |
7.5% |
| Jewish |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
| Hindu |
1.96% |
4% |
3.5% |
| Buddhist |
0.23% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
| Christianity |
34% |
43.9% |
53.7% |
| No religion |
25% |
29.6% |
23% |
Ethnic groups
| Ethnic groups |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
Census 2011 (%) |
| Other ethnic groups |
0/92 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
| Prefer not to say |
0.63 |
0 |
0 |
| Unknown |
9.58 |
0 |
0 |
| White |
69.6 |
65.5 |
73.8 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic group |
3.2 |
3.4 |
2.6 |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African |
5.62 |
8.9 |
5.6 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh |
10.69 |
18.5 |
16.3 |
Age
| Age |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
| 65+ |
4.93 |
7.5 |
| 55-64 |
27.87 |
10.4 |
| 45-64 |
26.27 |
12.1 |
| 35-44 |
21.03 |
13.3 |
| 25-34 |
16.29 |
14.5 |
| 16-24 |
3.62 |
15.3 |
Sexual orientation
| Sexual orientation |
Council workforce (%) |
Census 2021 (%) |
| Other |
0.29
|
0.47 |
| Prefer not to say |
5 |
0 |
| Unknown |
27 |
8.85 |
| Bisexual |
1 |
1.4 |
| Lesbian / gay |
2 |
1.21 |
| Straight |
64 |
87.99 |
