What do we know about women in Sheffield? Presentation by Helen Richardson (Sheffield Business School) and Dave Leather (Sheffield City Council) [email protected].

What do we know about women in Sheffield?

Presentation by Helen Richardson (Sheffield Business School) and Dave

Leather (Sheffield City Council)

[email protected]

[email protected]

• Unemployment in the UK @ 6% (lowest since 2008)

• Female employment rate - record high at 67.2%

• Pay Growth @ 0.9%• But.......

– Inflation 1.2%– Tax return projections

Recognising and Valuing Female Talent in Sheffield 2013

• What is the situation for women in Sheffield (especially economically and in education, training, jobs, pay and prospects)?

• Is Sheffield different from the UK nationally and other similar cities?

• What are women's stories behind the numbers?

• What can we influence and change and how?

"Don't be so negative Helen...."

• Women's employment has risen• There were twice as many male managers

and directors in the region than female in 2012, but improvement by 2013

• Gender pay gap for part-time workers - positive for women

• Good practice and inspiring stories abound

Trends, features and comparisons

• Sheffield’s private sector has a lower density of jobs using high level skills than other cities

• 2:1 ratio of private to public sector employment (higher gender pay gap in private sector)

• Low paid jobs are paid at a lower rate in the private sector• 8% manufacturing (6% UK) - still low %, does this make

Sheffield adopt more traditional working patterns???• Male unemployment had levelled off since the recession

but for women there has been a steady and continuing rise

• Under-employment and zero hours contracts prevail

Sheffield City region/LEP issues

• In SCR are the growth of jobs where women are under-represented? LEP priorities are:– Digital and creative– Manufacturing– Health Care Technologies

• Will women miss out of jobs with better pay and conditions?

SHEFFIELD COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE PROFILES

WOMEN IN SHEFFIELD2014

• More than half of the population are female

• Older age profile than men

• Nearly two thirds of people who can’t speak English are women

Under 16 16 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 59 60 - 74 75 - 84 85+

48,997 46,090 37,111 37,244 48,085 37,879 16,715 7,916

17% 16%13% 13%

17%14%

6%3%

280,03749% 51%

9,232 Sheffield residents cannot speak English, or cannot speak English very well. 60% of these are women

• More than half of carers are female

• Gender split is not even across Sheffield

CARERS

58% 42%57,205 PEOPLE

PROVIDE UNPAID CARE IN

SHEFFIELD

11%

14%

11%

14%

12%

15%11%

15%

8%

12%

10%

13%

8%

12%

9% 12%

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12%

8%

12%8% 10%

8% 10%6%

5%

6%

5%

10%

13%

11%

14%

10%13%

11%14%

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13%

9%11%

10%

12%

12%

8%

7%10%

10%13%

10%14%

10%13%

11%

13%

11%14%

LARGEST INEQUALITY GAPS

• East Ecclesfield (4.4%)• Beighton (3.8%)• Hillsborough (3.8%)• Burngreave (3.8%)• Stannington (3.6%)

SMALLEST INEQUALITY GAPS

• Central (0.7%)• Broomhill (1.6%)• Beauchief & Greenhill (2.4%)• Gleadless Valley (2.5%)• Richmond (2.7%)

• 9 in 10 lone parents are female

• Gender split is not even across city

LONE PARENTS

11%

89%

11%

89%

9%

91% 9%

91%

13%

87%

8%

92%

11%

89%

8% 92%

9%

91%

13%

87%9% 91%

9%91%

87%

13%86%

14%

15%

85%

13%

87%

12%88%

9%91%

11%

89%

91%9%

8%

92%

81%

19%

15%85%

9%91%

8%92%

9%91%

9%

91%

12%88%

LARGEST INEQUALITY GAPS

• West Ecclesfield (84.7%)

• Southey (84.6%)• Arbourthorne(84.4%)• Birley (84.2%)• Firth Park (83.8%)

SMALLEST INEQUALITY GAPS

• Dore & Totley (73.3%)• Central (71.9%)• Fulwood (70.5%)• Nether Edge (69.3%)• Manor Castle (62.9%)

11%

89%

of lone parent households are headed by a male, 1,769 in total

lone parent households headed by a female, 14,841 in total

• Less economically active• More part-time working• More than twice as many women

work less than 15 hours a week than men

• Lower self-employment• Lower unemployment• Fewer JSA claimants, but higher than

national average

LABOUR MARKET

1999 2004 2009 20140%1%2%3%4%

1%

3%

England

LOW-EST

JOB SEEKERS ALLOWANCEPercentage of female working age population claiming JSA

HIGHEST

OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY

Managers, directors and senior officials

METHOD OF TRAVEL

• Only a third of managers, directors and senior officials are women

• Caring/leisure and admin/secretarial occupations have highest proportion of female employees

• High proportion in health and social work activity and education

• Manufacturing and construction industries dominated by men

TRAVEL TO WORK

DISTANCE OF TRAVEL

Travel less than 5km to work. 50%Work outside of Sheffield17%

• High public transport use• More travel to work on foot• Lower car and cycle use• Less working from home

• Women earn £21,973 per year, on average, compared with £26,279 for men

• The gender wage gap for median gross hourly earnings is 17% - for every £1 a man earns, a woman earns 83p

• Wage gap has narrowed from 21% in 2002• If this pattern continues it will take another 25 years for

women to earn the same as men• But, gap is lower than nationally – 21%

GENDER WAGE GAP

Newcastle

24%£9.32

Liverpool

18%£9.78

Sheffield

17%£9.94

Leeds

16%£10.46

Nottingham

9%£9.26

Bristol

12%£10.96

Birmingham

17%£10.00

Manchester

7%£9.94

• More than a third of councillors are women• Nearly two thirds of school governors are female• Board membership is dominated by men:

DECISION MAKING

BOARDMEMBERSHI

P

62% of board members were men

38% of board members were womenOnly 1 board had more female members

• 22% of FTSE 100 company directors are women, below 2015 target

A study of 12 boards in Sheffield revealed:

EDUCATION

• Nearly two thirds of girls achieved 5 or more GCSEs (A* - C, inc. English & Maths)

• Significant increase in attainment in last 10 years• Slightly fewer girls not in education, employment and

training than boys• A quarter of women have no formal qualifications• 1 in 4 qualified to degree level• More than half of new apprenticeship starts are by

women

52%

63%

BOYS

GIRLS