Job Density Ratios for UK Areas, Calculated from Workplace and Population Data

A dataset from North Yorkshire County Council, last updated on 2026-07-08, providing job density ratios for areas in the UK. The ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of workplace-based jobs by the resident population aged 16-64 in the same area. The job count includes employee jobs, self-employed individuals, government-supported trainees, and HM Forces.

Use Cases

• Modeling local labor supply and demand based on the job density ratio.
• Analyzing regional economic health and employment opportunities based on the ratio of jobs to working-age population.
• Planning public services and infrastructure based on the concentration of jobs relative to residents.
• Comparing economic activity across different geographic areas based on the standardized job density metric.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized economic indicator (job density) for comparative analysis.
• Job count is a comprehensive workplace-based measure, as described.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and specific geographic coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

North Yorkshire County Council

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official UK employment and population statistics.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:12.502788; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Areas within the UK, specific coverage unknown.