Workforce Insight Profile 2021

• 3,884 people are employed by Portsmouth City Council, with ‘Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services’ (the largest directorate) accounting for 24% of staff
• The proportion of employees living outside of the City boundary (PO1-PO6) postal districts increased in 2021 to 46%; the shift to hybrid working has made it easier for staff to live further afield
• 65% of the workforce are female, 35% are male (consistent year-on-year)
• In 2021 the age profile of the workforce has increased; 4% more people are aged 60+ years compared to 2020
• The majority of staff at Portsmouth City Council are from white ethnic groups; 6% are from ethnic minority groups
• Christianity (all denominations) is consistently the most prevalent religion (45%) – a similar proportion do not follow any religion (46%)
• Males earn on average 5.7% more than females per year at £31,874
• Employees aged under 25 and 65+ are most likely to be working in lower pay bands (1-5)
• Employee turnover increased by 2% to 11% in 2021; 551 employees started working at Portsmouth City Council and 443 left the organisation
• 2021 saw an increase in the average annual absence to 12 days per person, back to the levels seen in 2019; long-term sick leave consistently accounts for the highest proportion of absence
• In 2021 there was a higher incidence of absence due to Coronavirus, it was one of the most popular reasons for short and medium term absence

The aim of this report is to provide an annual summary of the profile of the workforce for Portsmouth City Council. The two main aims are:

• To support the council’s commitment to equality and diversity
• To fulfil the statutory requirement to publish workforce equality data under the Equality Act 2010.

The findings of this report are based on analysis of Portsmouth City Council employee data. The 2021 data from 1st July onwards is based on employee data held on Fusion whilst all preceding data is from employee data held on EBS Oracle.

All information in this report is based on employee data from 1st December for the appropriate year unless otherwise stated. The data does not include agency staff.

Base sizes

Unless otherwise stated, the reported base always refers to the number of employees. Portsmouth City Council does not hold complete data on every employee (either because the question was not asked at enrolment or due to employees opting out of providing specific pieces of personal data), therefore the base sizes vary from question to question.

• Portsmouth City Council had information on directorate, gender, age, length of service and pay band on every employee in 2021
• The proportion of staff on which PCC holds ethnic origin and religion information on increased in 2021
• The switch to data being held on Fusion in 2021 appears to have resulted in a loss of employee postcode and disability information

This chart shows that:
In 2019, Portsmouth City Council had information on 100% of employees for total employees, directorate, gender, age, and length of service, 99% for pay band, 96% for postcode, 78% for ethnic origin, 62% for disability, and 34% for religion
In 2020, Portsmouth City Council had information on 100% of employees for total employees, directorate, gender, age, and length of service, 99% for pay band, 96% for postcode, 75% for ethnic origin, 59% for disability, and 33% for religion
In 2021, Portsmouth City Council has information on 100% of employees for total employees, directorate, gender, age, pay band, and length of service, 80% for ethnic origin, 78% for postcode, 5% for disability, and 47% for religion

Base: (Dec) 2019 (3,638) | 2020 (3,796) | 2021 (3,884)