Additional Labour Market Indicators

Commuting

Data published by Welsh Government from the Annual Population Survey illustrates the strong integration between the Swansea labour market and its neighbour authorities - Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire.  Analysis of travel-to-work patterns suggest that the most significant cross-boundary flows occur into Swansea from these adjacent areas.  In 2024, Swansea had the fifth highest net inflow of the local authority areas (+3,600), below Cardiff, Newport, Gwynedd and Denbighshire.  The data also indicates that 80% of Swansea residents worked within the local authority area, with only Pembrokeshire, Cardiff, Ceredigion and Gwynedd having a higher equivalent figure.

Table 6: Commuting (Word doc, 27 KB)

Qualifications

Statistics on the highest qualification held by people of working age are also available from the Annual Population Survey (APS).  Survey data for the year period ending December 2024 suggests that Swansea has a higher proportion of working age residents with qualifications to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 4 and above than the Wales and UK average.  Following the recent introduction of the RQF and changes to the questions on qualifications in the APS, estimates for 2024 can only be compared to 2022 and 2023 at this stage.

Table 7: Qualifications (Word doc, 24 KB)