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Economic Development

and Employment

Employment Trends started to recover and there are
The number of people in the county positive signs in terms of

classed as unemployed in Census employment growth. While the
2011 was 16,170 and this was the results of Census 2016 are not yet
third highest rate of all local available, Live Register figures can
authorities. According to the Pobal be used as a guide to measure
HP Deprivation Index in 2011 current employment trends. At the
Wexford was also the third most end of December 2016, there were
disadvantaged local authority in the 12,644 people on the Live Register 3
country. in the county compared to 18,769
people in February 2013 when the

On average, socio-economic current CDP was made.
groups (SEG) in Wexford were
more heavily weighted towards While Wexford recorded the 5th
traditionally less well paid lowest commuting rate in the
classifications. In Census 2011, the country in 2011, there was a spatial
largest SEGs in Wexford were the dimension to this as the north of the
‘Non Manual’, ‘Employers and county had by far the highest

Managers’ and Manual Skilled. commuting rate with many areas
having in excess of 30% of its
Since the last plan was made in workers travelling to work
2013 the economic climate has destinations outside of the county.

3 It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three days a week), seasonal and casual
workers entitled to Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) or Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA). Unemployment is
measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey.

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