Age

• Portsmouth City Council employs a good spread of people from across the age groups
• The age profile of staff has remained fairly consistent with only minor fluctuations
• Consistently the largest proportion of staff are aged 50-59 years
• Employees aged under 30 and 60+ are most likely to be working in lower pay bands (1-5)
• Over a third of staff aged 30-49 work in bands 9 and above compared to just 12% of those aged under 30 years
• Staff working in the highest bands (15-20) are most likely to be aged between 40 and 59
• At least half of staff in Economy, Transport and Planning, Culture, Leisure and Regulatory Services, and Adult Services are aged 50+
• Public Health and Corporate Services have the youngest profile of staff with 20% and 15% respectively aged under 30

This chart shows:
In 2019 and 2020 12% of employees were aged under 30, and in 2021, 2022 and 2023 this was 11%
In 2019, 21% of employees were aged 30-39, in 2020 this was 20%, in 2021 this was 19%, in 2022 this was 19% and in 2023 this was 18%
In 2019 and 2020, 23% of employees were aged 40-49, in 2021 and 2022 this was 22%, and in 2023 this was 24%
In 2019, 2020 and 2021, 30% of employees were aged 50-59, in 2022 this was 31% and in 2023 this was 30%
In 2019 and 2020, 15% of employees were aged 60+, and in 2021 to 2023 this was 17%

This chart shows that for 2023:
Of employees aged under 30 years, 43% belong to pay band 1-5, 46% belong to band 6-8, 11% belong to band 9-11 and 1% belong to band 12-14.
Of employees aged 30-39 years, 24% belong to pay band 1-5, 40% belong to band 6-8, 26% belong to band 9-11, 10% belong to band 12-14, and less than 1% belong to bands 15-17 and 18-20
Of employees aged 40-49 years, 25% belong to pay band 1-5, 39% belong to band 6-8, 23% belong to band 9-11, 11% belong to band 12-14, 2% belong to band 15-17 and less than 1% belong to band 18-20
Of employees aged 50-59 years, 35% belong to pay band 1-5, 34% belong to band 6-8, 17% belong to band 9-11, 10% belong to band 12-14, 3% belong to band 15-17, and 1% belong to band 18-20
Of employees aged 60+ years, 51% belong to pay band 1-5, 27% belong to band 6-8, 12% belong to band 9-11, 8% belong to band 12-14, 1% belong to band 15-17 and less than 1% belong to band 18-20

This chart shows that for 2022:
Of employees under the Economy, Transport and Planning directorate, 11% are under 30 years old, 13% are 30-39 years old, 16% are 40-49 years old, 32% are 50-59 years old, and 28% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Culture, Leisure and Regulatory Services directorate, 11% are under 30 years old, 13% are 30-39 years old, 22% are 40-49 years old, 33% are 50-59 years old, and 23% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Adult Services directorate, 7% are under 30 years old, 19% are 30-39 years old, 24% are 40-49 years old, 32% are 50-59 years old, and 18% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services directorate, 12% are under 30 years old, 18% are 30-39 years old, 24% are 40-49 years old, 28% are 50-59 years old, and 18% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Portsmouth International Port directorate, 7% are under 30 years old, 27% are 30-39 years old, 20% are 40-49 years old, 23% are 50-59 years old, and 23% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Finance and Resources directorate, 11% are under 30 years old, 14% are 30-39 years old, 30% are 40-49 years old, 32% are 50-59 years old, and 12% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Corporate Services directorate, 15% are under 30 years old, 21% are 30-39 years old, 26% are 40-49 years old, 28% are 50-59 years old, and 11% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Children, Families and Education directorate, 12% are under 30 years old, 23% are 30-39 years old, 26% are 40-49 years old, 27% are 50-59 years old, and 11% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Executive directorate, 8% are under 30 years old, 14% are 30-39 years old, 42% are 40-49 years old, 28% are 50-59 years old, and 8% are 60+ years old

Of employees under the Public Health directorate, 20% are under 30 years old, 20% are 30-39 years old, 30% are 40-49 years old, 26% are 50-59 years old, and 4% are 60+ years old