As the Census represents 100% coverage, there are no confidence issues in relation to the data or its interpretation.
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 |
Of the 27,000 out-commuters at 2001, West Berkshire was the principal destination with 27% of all out-commuters travelling over the Hampshire border to work.
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Destinations of out-commuters at 2001 |
Number of out commuters who live in the borough |
Percentage (as a percentage of all out-commuters from the borough) |
% of total resident workforce |
| West Berkshire |
7395 |
27.1% |
8.9% |
| London |
3563 |
13.0% |
4.3% |
| Hart |
2475 |
9.1% |
3.0% |
| Reading |
2442 |
8.9% |
3.0% |
| Surrey |
2071 |
7.6% |
2.5% |
| Wokingham |
1141 |
4.2% |
1.4% |
| Test Valley |
1125 |
4.1% |
1.4% |
| Winchester |
1059 |
3.9% |
1.3% |
| Rushmoor |
1052 |
3.9% |
1.3% |
| Bracknell Forest |
741 |
2.7% |
0.9% |
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Oxfordshire |
684 |
2.5% |
0.8% |
|
East Hampshire |
550 |
2.0% |
0.7% |
| Windsor |
325 |
1.2% |
0.4% |
| Slough |
302 |
1.1% |
0.4% |
| Southampton |
288 |
1.1% |
0.3% |
| Buckinghamshire |
248 |
0.9% |
0.3% |
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Eastleigh |
226 |
0.8% |
0.3% |
| Wiltshire |
195 |
0.7% |
0.2% |
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West Sussex |
112 |
0.4% |
0.1% |
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Portsmouth |
108 |
0.4% |
0.1% |
Hart, Test Valley, Surrey, West Berkshire, Winchester, London, Wokingham and Rushmoor featured as both destinations for the borough's residents and origins of in commuters for the borough's workforce.
Kent, Dorset, Bournemouth, and East Sussex also feature in the 2001 Census data as destinations for some of the borough's residents indicating the widespread influence of the borough across the South East.
There is no time series data available from the previous Census (1991).
Commuting patterns of each authority will be different and can depend on many factors.
Further commuting data for Basingstoke and Deane, or other districts, unitary authorities, counties and regions, can be found via the Data for Neighbourhoods and Regeneration (Data4NR) website at:
http://www.data4nr.net/introduction/
Select the 'Economy & enterprise' theme and the 'Travel to work' Sub-theme.
