Population & Employment

Some statistics next about Blantyre Population and Employment. These figures are from 2011, and show some interesting details.

From the 17,000 people in this town, most people are aged between 45-64, closely followed by ages 25-44. Most household comprise of just one person and of households with cars, most have 1 car. A figure of around 60% of homes are owned.

Of people who are employed, most are in full time jobs, being employees. Most jobs are semi skilled and manual work. Of the job types, there’s a high degree of people working in finance and agriculture.

Are any of these statistics surprising to you?

Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said:

Helen Grieve Interesting reading.
Drew Fisher Surprising so many involved in Agriculture. Agree it’s interesting to learn about the town’s folk.

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