Labour Market

Kent and Surrey have a joint working population of 1.2 million people of whom just over 82% are economically active.

Within the District of Sevenoaks over half of the working population are in professional and managerial / technical occupations.

A further 36% are in skilled occupations and approximately 12% are in either partly skilled or unskilled occupations.

Wage levels in the district are at least 10% below the regional average.