Jobs Density, 2016

There were 280,000 jobs in Buckinghamshire in 2016, 0.86 for every working age resident, giving Buckinghamshire the 12th highest jobs density among the 27 county councils, ranking 15th among the 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

Buckinghamshire’s jobs density has risen 11.7 per cent since 2011, well above the national rate of increase, to record the 6th highest rise among LEPs.  While in 2016 Buckinghamshire’s jobs density was above the national level for a second successive year, it has now been below the South East level for each of the last ten years.

Table 1: Jobs and jobs density, 2016

Source: Jobs Density, ONS, 2018

Chart 1: Jobs density over time

Source: Jobs Density, ONS, 2018