At the time of the 2001 Census, Basingstoke and Deane was the most self-contained district in Hampshire, providing jobs for 67% of its resident workforce within the area. This represents a higher “self containment” ratio than any other Hampshire district, even exceeding that of the City of Southampton.
Basingstoke and Deane was a net exporter of labour in 2001, with 27,000 people commuting out of the borough to work and 24,000 commuting in.
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2001 Commuting Summary – Basingstoke and Deane |
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Total resident workers |
82,668 |
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Live and work in district |
55,353 |
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Total in-commuters |
24,259 |
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Total out-commuters |
27,315 |
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Total employment |
79,612 |
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Total gross commuting flows |
51,574 |
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Total net commuting flows |
-3,056 |
The principal origins of in-commuters, who live outside the borough but commute into it to work are shown below. This also shows the proportions of these commuters in relation to all in-commuters, and to the borough’s workforce as a whole. In addition to these principal origins, the borough's workforce consisted of people from all of the Hampshire districts, Dorset, West and East Sussex, Kent and Slough. This illustrates the wide and diverse area from which the borough's workforce is attracted. Just over 2,000 people commute in from even further afield - from the rest of the UK or abroad.
Hart, Test Valley, Surrey, West Berkshire, Winchester, London, Wokingham and Rushmoor feature as both destinations for the borough's residents and origins of in commuters for the borough's workforce.
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Origin of in-commuters |
Number of in-commuters who work in Basingstoke and Deane |
Percentage (as a % of all in-commuters to the borough) |
Percentage of all workers in the borough |
| Hart |
2495 |
10.3% |
3.1% |
| Test Valley |
2233 |
9.2% |
2.8% |
| Surrey |
2155 |
8.9% |
2.7% |
| West Berkshire |
2066 |
8.5% |
2.6% |
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Winchester |
1773 |
7.3% |
2.2% |
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London |
1586 |
6.5% |
2.0% |
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East Hampshire |
1400 |
5.8% |
1.8% |
| Wokingham |
967 |
4.0% |
1.2% |
| Rushmoor |
878 |
3.6% |
1.1% |
| Wiltshire |
841 |
3.5% |
1.1% |
| Reading |
835 |
3.4% |
1.0% |
| Eastleigh |
745 |
3.1% |
0.9% |
| Southampton |
712 |
2.9% |
0.9% |
| Bracknell Forest |
482 |
2.0% |
0.6% |
| Oxfordshire |
376 |
1.5% |
0.5% |
| New Forest |
310 |
1.3% |
0.4% |
| Fareham |
308 |
1.3% |
0.4% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead |
249 |
1.0% |
0.3% |
| Buckinghamshire |
247 |
1.0% |
0.3% |
