Essex County Fire and Rescue Service – Employee Profile

Data as of 31 March 2022

 

GENDER PROFILE

 

Wholetime

On Call

Control

Support

Overall

Male

82.9%

89.4%

15.0%

46.7%

75.8%

Female

6.9%

3.2%

85.0%

50.2%

16.8%

Non-Binary

0.5%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

Other

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

Prefer Not to Say

5.5%

1.9%

0.0%

1.5%

3.3%

Not Stated

4.1%

5.1%

0.0%

1.5%

3.8%

 

AGE PROFILE

 

Wholetime

On Call

Control

Support

Overall

17-24

1.9%

9.8%

2.5%

3.1%

4.9%

25-35

20.2%

35.1%

27.5%

18.6%

25.2%

36-45

34.6%

26.8%

32.5%

22.6%

29.3%

46-55

37.9%

20.2%

22.5%

23.8%

28.4%

56-65

5.3%

7.4%

15.0%

29.1%

11.3%

66+

0.0%

0.8%

0.0%

2.8%

0.8%

 

ETHNICITY PROFILE

 

Wholetime

On Call

Control

Support

Overall

White British / Irish

68.8%

69.4%

87.5%

80.8%

72.0%

Any Other White

1.7%

1.9%

2.5%

1.9%

1.8%

Asian or Asian British

0.5%

0.2%

0.0%

0.9%

0.5%

Black or Black British

0.6%

0.2%

0.0%

0.6%

0.5%

Mixed

1.9%

0.8%

2.5%

0.6%

1.2%

Any Other

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.2%

Not Stated

26.2%

27.5%

7.5%

14.9%

23.8%

% From ethnic minority1

4.5%

1.6%

2.7%

2.9%

3.1%

Note 1: The calculation to determine the % of employees from an ethnic minority excludes those who have not stated their ethnic identity. Due to the relatively high number of employee records without a recorded ethnicity, these figures may therefore appear artificially inflated.

 

 

 

RELIGION PROFILE

 

Wholetime

On Call

Control

Support

Overall

Buddhist

1.1%

0.4%

0.0%

0.6%

0.7%

Christian

20.7%

19.8%

27.5%

34.1%

23.4%

Hindu

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

Jewish

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

Muslim

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

0.1%

Sikh

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

Other

1.9%

1.1%

2.5%

1.2%

1.5%

None

19.6%

18.3%

35.0%

25.4%

20.8%

Prefer Not to Say

11.4%

6.0%

2.5%

6.5%

8.3%

Not Stated

44.8%

54.2%

32.5%

31.6%

44.9%

 

SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROFILE

 

Wholetime

On Call

Control

Support

Overall

Bisexual

1.3%

0.8%

0.0%

1.2%

1.0%

Gay/Lesbian

1.4%

0.2%

2.5%

2.2%

1.2%

Heterosexual

56.7%

53.4%

77.5%

69.0%

58.7%

Other

1.9%

1.3%

0.0%

0.9%

1.4%

Prefer Not to Say

12.1%

4.9%

5.0%

7.4%

8.4%

Not Stated

26.6%

39.4%

15.0%

19.2%

29.2%

% LGBQ+2

4.7%

2.5%

2.9%

4.6%

4.0%

Note 2: The calculation to determine the % of employees that identify as LGBQ+ excludes those who have not stated their sexual orientation. Due to the relatively high number of employee records without a recorded sexual orientation, these figures may therefore appear artificially inflated.