Can you give me a brief overview of the employment statistics of the area?

Employee Jobs by gender and employment status

There were 113,500 people employed in the Wakefield District in 1997 which was 1,600 more than in 1991.

The 1997 Annual Employment Survey shows that just over half the District’s workforce (50.1%) are women which is above the national average of 49.0%. Female economic activity rates have consistently grown in recent years and this trend is expected to continue.

Although male employment has been declining since 1978, results from the 1997 Employment Survey shows a 7.5% increase in the number of males employed since the previous Survey in 1996.

According to the Survey there were almost 5,700 more jobs in the District in 1997 than in 1996, the majority of these (67.9%) being full-time.