Equality and Diversity Monitoring Data 2019-2020
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Establishment breakdown for 2019/20
In 2019/20, the average headcount for Colchester Borough Council was 861 and the “full-time equivalent” (FTE) figure was 750.90
Note:
- No Data Available, including the option “prefer not to say”. This option is for people who have reviewed their personal information held by Human Resources but prefer not to specify a particular protected characteristic, for example in respect of their religion or belief.
- The term “other” has been used where population sizes are less than 5% of the total figure.
- All the following data is either for the whole monitoring period (2019/20) or as at 31 March 2020, unless otherwise stated.
We received 1206 applications for this period. Of those received, all applicants completed an equality and diversity monitoring form. We appointed 183 members of staff through our recruitment process.
Permanent staff is based on 756 employees.
Ethnicity / Race |
White |
BME % |
Prefer not to say % |
No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 86.0 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
Applications for employment | 85.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
New appointments | 94.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
*BME = Black Minority Ethnic
Gender |
Male |
Female % |
Resigned % |
Prefer not to say % | No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 53.3 | 46.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Applications for employment | 53.2 | 46.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New appointments | 47.0 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disability |
Yes |
No % |
Prefer not to say % |
No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 2.8 | 53.9 | 1.1 | 42.2 |
Applications for employment | 6.6 | 82.4 | 2.7 | 8.3 |
New appointments | 2.2 | 93.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
Age | 20 and under % |
21-30 % |
31-40 % |
41-50 % |
51-60 % |
61+ % |
Prefer not to say % |
No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 3.7 | 12.6 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 |
Applications for employment | 4.8 | 33.1 | 19.8 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
New appointments | 14.2 | 27.9 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 12.6 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
Religion and belief | Christian % |
Other % |
None % |
Prefer not to say % |
No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 33.5 | 1.3 | 33.5 | 3.4 | 28.3 |
Applications for employment | 28.4 | 4.5 | 52.0 | 4.8 | 10.3 |
New appointments | 33.9 | 0.5 | 57.9 | 1.7 | 6.0 |
Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual % |
Homosexual % |
Bisexual % |
Other % |
Prefer not to say % |
No data % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current permanent staff | 68.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 23.4 |
Applications for employment | 80.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 7.7 |
New appointments | 89.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
Contract Type
Ethnicity: | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
---|---|---|
White | 87.6 | 81.0 |
BME | 4.3 |
5.7 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Prefer not to say | 4.8 | 6.9 |
No Data | 3.3 |
6.4 |
Gender | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
---|---|---|
Male | 62.7 | 21.8 |
Female | 37.3 | 78.2 |
Disability | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 2.9 | 2.3 |
No | 56.0 | 47.1 |
Prefer not to say | 0.9 | 1.7 |
No data | 40.2 | 48.9 |
Age | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
---|---|---|
20 and under | 3.4 | 5.2 |
21-30 | 14.3 | 6.9 |
31-40 | 25.8 | 23.0 |
41-50 | 25.8 | 28.2 |
51-60 | 26.6 | 24.1 |
61+ | 4.1 | 12.6 |
Religion | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
---|---|---|
Christian | 33.0 | 35.1 |
Other | 1.2 | 1.7 |
None | 35.1 | 28.2 |
Prefer not to say | 4.0 | 1.7 |
No data | 26.7 | 33.3 |
Sexual Orientation | Full Time (582) % |
Part Time (174) % |
Heterosexual | 70.4 | 62.1 |
Homosexual | 1.2 | 2.9 |
Bisexual | 0.3 | 0 |
Other | 0.9 | 0.6 |
Prefer not to say | 5.3 | 5.7 |
No data | 21.9 | 28.8 |
Page last reviewed: 13 May 2021