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Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2021
The report provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.
8.0 Demographic Profile
8.1. The ageing demographic of the workforce continues to show an ageing workforce with around half of all staff over 50 years of age. This represents 265 people (47%) potentially leaving the service within the next 5-10 years. See Table 4.
8.2. The demographic under the age of 50 has remained the same at 304 people which is 53% of the workforce.
| Age Range | No. 2019 | No. 2020 | No. 2021 | Difference from 2020 (+/-) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61+ | 43 | 49 | 49 | 265 | 0 |
| 56-60 | 77 | 77 | 86 | +9 | |
| 50-55 | 135 | 143 | 130 | 304 | -13 |
| 40-49 | 141 | 138 | 141 | +3 | |
| 30-39 | 89 | 103 | 106 | +3 | |
| 25-29 | 31 | 38 | 34 | -4 | |
| 16-24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | -2 | |
| Total | 542 | 573 | 569 | -4 | |
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