Wealden District Council
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Equality Monitoring Data – Job Applicants 2020-21

This page shows the equality monitoring data we’ve collected to help analyse access to services/participation rates for people with different protected characteristics for the Human Resources service.

1. Information on Services and other functions: Human Resources

2. Access to services or participation rates for people with the different protected characteristics

The lists below show the breakdown of job applicants by protected characteristic:

  • race,
  • age,
  • marital status,
  • gender,
  • disability,
  • sexual orientation, and
  • religion and belief.

Distribution of race within Council job applicants

  • African: 1.03%
  • Any other Asian background: 1.29%
  • Any other black group: 0.26%
  • Any other ethnic group: 0.51%
  • Any other mixed background:  1.29%
  • Any other white background: 3.08%
  • British: 77.89%
  • Caribbean: 0.26%
  • Indian: 0.77%
  • Irish: 1.29%
  • Not Stated: 0.77%
  • Pakistani: 0.26%
  • Prefer Not to Say: 0.77%
  • White and Asian: 0.51%
  • White and Black African: 0.77%
  • White and Black Caribbean: 0.26%
  • White other European: 9.00%

Distribution of gender within Council job applicants

  • Female: 51.93%
  • Male: 47.56%
  • Unspecified: 0.51%

Distribution of age within Council job applicants

  • Age 21 or under: 2.83%
  • Age 22-35: 35.99%
  • Age 36-50: 34.70%
  • Age 51-64: 25.71%
  •  Age 65+: 0.51%
  • Age Unknown: 0.26%

Distribution of disability within Council job applicants

  • Not Disabled: 88.69%
  • Disabled: 5.40%
  • Unknown: 5.91%

Distribution of marital status within Council job applicants

  • Divorced: 4.63%
  • Married: 39.07%
  • Not Specified: 1.29%
  • Other: 0.51%
  • Partner/Co-habiting: 22.88%
  • Separated: 3.08%
  • Single: 27.76%
  • Widowed: 0.77%

Distribution of sexual orientation within Council job applicants

  • Bisexual: 2.57%
  • Declined to Specify: 1.80%
  • Gay: 1.80%
  • Heterosexual: 88.69%
  • Lesbian: 1.29%
  • Prefer Not to Comment: 3.86%

Distribution of religion and belief within Council job applicants

  • Agnostic: 5.40%
  • Atheist: 12.08%
  • Buddhism: 0.51%
  • Christian – Orthodox: 1.54%
  • Christian – Protestant: 4.11%
  • Christian – Roman Catholic: 8.23%
  • Church of England: 23.91%
  • Hinduism: 0.26%
  • Islam – Sunni: 0.26%
  • Judaism/Jewish: 0.26%
  • Muslim / Islam: 0.51%
  • No religion or belief: 30.59%
  • Not specified: 4.88%
  • Other: 1.03%
  • Other Christian: 2.57%
  • Prefer Not to Comment: 3.60%
  • Sikhism: 0.26%