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South Ribble
Earnings, Income and Benefits

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Median Earnings and Hours of Work, 1998-2007 (Workplace-Based)
  Males Females All Employees
Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All
                   
Median Gross Weekly Pay (£)
1998 356.7 130.9 355.4 240.2 98.3 168.7 334.7 98.9 287.6
1999 347.8 * * 248.5 * * 317.1 85.6 294.3
2000 381.5 * 369.1 264.9 81.7 186.6 362.6 88.6 321.7
2001 376.8 * 367.0 278.6 111.1 221.2 357.5 108.3 318.4
2002 390.3 * 385.7 361.4 * * 385.3 * 340.6
2003 410.5 * 399.9 312.5 117.2 203.7 397.2 115.7 341.1
2004 425.7 * 409.2 326.0 * 192.8 402.4 119.1 354.2
2005 465.6 * 437.8 329.7 * 251.1 418.1 114.2 379.4
2006 439.0 * 427.5 304.9 109.9 223.8 412.7 110.3 350.6
2007 470.1 * 457.1 338.6 123.4 * 446.8 138.4 408.8
                   
Median Gross Hourly Pay (£), excluding Overtime
1998 8.25 * 7.65 * 3.99 4.97 7.54 4.02 7.06
1999 8.11 * * 6.34 * * 7.85 4.03 7.17
2000 8.40 5.19 8.39 6.96 3.95 5.25 8.38 4.00 7.42
2001 8.69 6.14 8.59 7.71 4.92 6.22 8.53 5.06 7.82
2002 9.41 5.30 9.38 9.11 4.88 6.91 9.26 5.00 8.49
2003 9.41 * 9.40 8.30 5.22 6.33 9.35 5.18 8.30
2004 9.88 * 9.88 * 5.38 6.04 9.66 5.51 8.54
2005 11.18 * 11.14 8.37 5.87 7.73 10.30 5.97 9.52
2006 10.89 * 10.82 8.04 5.69 7.32 10.37 6.01 9.00
2007 11.23 * 11.23 7.90 6.04 7.60 10.65 6.24 10.07
                   
Median Weekly Hours Worked, including Overtime
1998 40.0 30.0 40.0 37.4 20.7 29.8 39.0 22.5 37.5
1999 39.9 * * 37.5 * * 39.0 19.7 37.5
2000 40.0 * 40.0 37.0 20.0 35.0 39.0 20.0 37.5
2001 40.0 * 40.0 37.4 21.7 35.9 40.0 20.2 37.5
2002 40.0 * 39.5 37.0 * 34.4 39.1 16.6 37.5
2003 40.0 * 40.0 37.2 20.0 30.0 39.1 19.9 37.0
2004 39.4 * 39.0 37.4 20.0 30.0 39.0 20.0 37.1
2005 39.8 * 39.1 37.5 18.2 34.1 39.0 18.2 37.5
2006 39.9 * 39.0 37.0 18.6 35.5 39.0 19.0 37.0
2007 40.0 * 40.0 38.5 20.0 36.4 40.0 20.0 39.0
                   
Median Gross Annual Pay (£)
1999 18,667 * * 13,440 * * 17,478 * 15,224
2000 19,261 * 18,862 15,225 * * 18,425 * 16,791
2001 19,667 * 18,988 * * * 18,854 * 17,036
2002 20,985 * 20,704 20,656 * * 21,006 * 19,173
2003 21,213 * 20,520 * * * 20,497 * 18,020
2004 21,120 8,857 20,861 * 6,376 10,647 20,085 6,631 18,005
2005 22,512 * 22,214 * * * 21,711 * 19,496
2006 23,566 * 22,605 15,864 * 12,638 21,789 7,163 19,595
2007 25,735 * 24,985 * * * 24,024 * 22,398
Notes Data relates to employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. Estimates are based on a 1% sample.
* Sample size is too small for a reliable estimate. Figures that are given may have uncertainties as high as 20%. Details on the quality of these estimates can be found on the ONS website.
Lancashire County and Great Britain comparator data can be found in the Lancashire Earnings, Income and Benefits Area Profile.
Source ONS - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
Median Pay and Hours of Work
Average Household Income by Wards, 2005
Average Household Income
Source CACI Ltd

Average Household Income by Wards, 2006
Average Household Income
Source CACI Ltd

Average Household Income by Wards, 2007
Average Household Income
Source CACI Ltd

Average Household Income by Wards, 2008
Average Household Income
Source CACI Ltd - PayCheck Data 2008

The average (or mean) household income in South Ribble, at an estimated £34,600 in 2008 was just above the national average (£34,400) and was the fourth highest amongst the fourteen county and unitary district authorities. The median (or "typical" household income (£29,300) was also the fourth highest in Lancashire. Sixteen or 60% of South Ribble's wards had average household income above that of Great Britain and 21 or 78% were above the Lancashire sub-regional average. The highest household income in South Ribble was to be found in Broad Oak ward (£41,300) where it was a fifth above the national average and 30% above the Lancashire average. That in Lowerhouse (£27,500), lowest ranking ward, was only two-thirds that of Broad Oak and 87% of the Lancashire average. Household incomes in both Bamber Bridge West and Golden Hill were roughly on a par with Lowerhouse.

Average Household Income (£), 2004/05(1)
MSOA MSOA Description Gross Weekly Household Income Net Weekly Household Income Net Weekly Household Income:
Before Housing Costs(2) After Housing Costs(2)
           
South Ribble 001 Higher Penwortham North 710 570 460 440
South Ribble 002 Samlesbury, Higher Walton & Gregson Lane 590 490 430 400
South Ribble 003 Higher Penwortham South 690 540 460 440
South Ribble 004 Walton-le-Dale, Silverholme & Holland Slack 680 550 460 420
South Ribble 005 Middleforth & Penwortham Lane 580 490 410 380
South Ribble 006 Kingsfold & Bee Lane 490 400 380 340
South Ribble 007 Brownedge 490 400 360 340
South Ribble 008 School Lane & Walton Summit 550 470 380 350
South Ribble 009 Lostock Hall & Tardy Gate 590 490 410 380
South Ribble 010 New Longton & Hutton 650 530 440 420
South Ribble 011 Longton & Hoole 630 500 430 410
South Ribble 012 Farington 600 470 410 380
South Ribble 013 Golden Hill & Earnshaw Bridge East 560 450 390 360
South Ribble 014 Moss Side & Earnshaw Bridge West 680 560 440 390
South Ribble 015 Broadfield & Worden Park 510 440 380 350
South Ribble 016 Atherton & Dawson Lane 650 510 430 410
South Ribble 017 Seven Stars & Wade Hall 470 410 360 320
Notes (1) All data based on middle-layer super output areas and subject to a 95% confidence interval.
(2) Data equivalised - i.e. household income values are adjusted to take account of household size and composition, enabling more appropriate comparisons to be made between households.
Source ONS - Model-Based Estimates of Income for MSOAs (2004/05), September 2007
Model-Based Estimates of Weekly Household Income
Weekly Hours Worked, People Aged 16-74 in Employment, 2001 (%)
  South Ribble Lancashire NUTS-2 North West England and Wales
         
Males        
Part-Time: 1-5 hours 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5
Part-Time: 6-15 hours 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.9
Part-Time: 16-30 hours 5.4 7.3 6.6 6.2
Full-Time: 31-37 hours 18.7 17.4 17.7 14.8
Full-Time: 38-48 hours 51.2 50.3 51.8 51.5
Full-Time: 49+ hours 21.5 21.6 20.7 24.1
Total Males 27,261 331,272 1,545,789 12,791,618
         
Females        
Part-Time: 1-5 hours 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.9
Part-Time: 6-15 hours 11.1 11.1 11.1 12.1
Part-Time 16-30 hours 30.8 30.8 30.3 28.4
Full-Time: 31-37 hours 24.8 24.0 24.7 22.3
Full-Time: 38-48 hours 26.4 26.2 26.4 28.4
Full-Time: 49+ hours 5.3 6.2 5.8 6.9
Total Females 24,066 286,302 1,354,231 10,836,136
         
Total Persons        
Part-Time: 1-5 hours 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1
Part-Time: 6-15 hours 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.2
Part-Time: 16-30 hours 17.3 18.2 17.6 16.4
Full-Time: 31-37 hours 21.6 20.4 20.9 18.2
Full-Time: 38-48 hours 39.6 39.1 39.9 40.9
Full-Time: 49+ hours 13.9 14.4 13.8 16.2
Total Persons 51,327 617,574 2,900,020 23,627,754
Note Hours worked is the average number of hours worked a week for the last four weeks before the Census (29 April 2001).
Source Census of Population, 2001