Swansea Factsheet

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Economy

  • Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2014 438.8 (52/63)
  • Employment Rate (%) 2014 68.5 (46/62)
  • GVA per Worker 2014 41,827.28 (60/62)
  • Population 2014 381,800 (19/63)
  • Private Sector Jobs 2014 98,400 (30/62)
  • Total jobs 2014 154,800 (26/62)

Graduate qualifications and wages

  • Graduate wages (£) 2014 22,430 (30/63)
  • Proportion of all Russell Group graduates with a 1st or 2.1 (%) 2014 0.21 (37/63)
  • Proportion of all UK graduates with a 1st or 2.1 (%) 2014 0.44 (32/63)
  • Working graduates with a 1st or 2.1 degree (%) 2014 60.97 (59/63)
  • Working graduates with a 1st or 2.1 from a non Russell Group university (%) 2014 54.7 (43/63)
  • Working graduates with a 1st or 2.1 from a Russell Group university (%) 2014 6.27 (51/63)
  • Working graduates with a 2.2, 3rd or unclassified degree (%) 2014 38.97 (5/63)
  • Working graduates with a 2.2, 3rd or unclassified degree from a non Russell Group university (%) 2014 33.83 (3/63)
  • Working graduates with a 2.2, 3rd or unclassified degree from a Russell Group university (%) 2014 5.14 (47/63)

Graduate retention and loss

  • Graduate gain 2014 -95 (4/63)
  • Graduate loss (%) 2014 82.59 (29/49)
  • Graduate retention rate (%) 2014 33.32 (10/43)
  • Proportion of all UK working graduates (%) 2014 0.55 (28/63)
  • Proportion of all UK working graduates that moved for work (%) 2014 0.45 (40/63)
  • Proportion of all working graduates with a 2.2, 3rd or unclassified degree that moved for work (%) 2014 0.58 (29/63)
  • Proportion of all working Oxbridge graduates that moved for work (%) 2014 0.12 (43/63)
  • Proportion of UK working graduates with a 1st or 2.1 that moved for work (%) 2014 0.36 (44/63)
  • Working graduates who moved to the city to study (%) 2014 19.68 (31/48)
  • Working graduates who neither studied or grew up in the city (%) 2014 19.4 (61/63)
  • Working graduates who studied and grew up in the city (%) 2014 33.57 (4/48)
  • Working graduates who studied elsewhere but grew up in the city (%) 2014 27.35 (24/63)

Graduates working by occupation level

  • Working graduates in high-skilled occupations (%) 2014 67.99 (62/63)
  • Working graduates in low-skilled occupations (%) 2014 14.38 (6/63)
  • Working graduates in medium-skilled occupations (%) 2014 17.63 (2/63)

Graduates working by sector

  • Working graduates in construction, extraction, logistics or utilities sectors (%) 2014 3.33 (37/63)
  • Working graduates in the KIBS sector (%) 2014 8.16 (41/63)
  • Working graduates in the Manufacturing sector (%) 2014 6.29 (17/63)
  • Working graduates in the other private services sector (%) 2014 29.79 (10/63)
  • Working graduates in the publicly funded services sector (%) 2014 52.44 (39/63)