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Employment Monitoring Data 2025/2026
The Public Sector Duty under the Equality Act 2010 requires organisations to have due regard to the need to:
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation,
- Advance equality of opportunity between different groups,
- Foster good relations between different groups.
As at 31st March 2026 the Council directly employed 2942 employees (excluding casuals), 2721.4 total FTE of 2954 jobs across 8 directorates: Adults, Childrens Services, Corporate Services, Finance, Housing Environment & Estates, Legal & Democratic Services, Pensions, and Strategic Growth.
To protect individual confidentiality, workforce data is presented as percentages and relates to all jobs rather than individual employees.
The data used to produce these tables relates to all staff employed directly by Tameside MBC including those employed on a variety of terms and conditions including NJC, Apprentices, JNC, Soulbury, Youth & Community Workers, NHS, and centrally employed teachers. The data excludes any staff employed to work in a school.
The Council meets its obligations by considering this information when developing workforce policies and making workforce related decisions.
- WORKFORCE
1a. Workforce by race as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
White (%) |
BAME (%) |
Unknown (%) |
|
Adults |
82.98 |
14.66 |
2.36 |
|
Children's Services |
85.55 |
11.73 |
2.72 |
|
Corporate Services |
87.83 |
11.03 |
1.14 |
|
Finance |
91.18 |
8.33 |
0.49 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
91.98 |
5.50 |
2.53 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
77.42 |
19.35 |
3.23 |
|
Pensions |
91.07 |
8.48 |
0.45 |
|
Strategic Growth |
92.73 |
3.64 |
3.64 |
|
Council |
87.37 |
10.49 |
2.13 |
1b. Workforce by sex as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Female (%) |
Male (%) |
|
Adults |
76.77 |
23.23 |
|
Children's Services |
84.84 |
15.16 |
|
Corporate Services |
65.40 |
34.60 |
|
Finance |
70.10 |
29.90 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
37.00 |
63.00 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
83.87 |
16.13 |
|
Pensions |
69.20 |
30.80 |
|
Strategic Growth |
50.91 |
49.09 |
|
Council |
67.16 |
32.84 |
1c. Workforce by age as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Under 20 (%) |
20 - Under 30 (%) |
30 - Under 40 (%) |
40 - Under 50 (%) |
50 - Under 60 (%) |
60 - Under 65 (%) |
65 and over (%) |
|
Adults |
0.25 |
10.31 |
19.50 |
22.86 |
29.69 |
14.16 |
3.23 |
|
Children's Services |
0.43 |
14.31 |
24.61 |
28.76 |
24.75 |
6.15 |
1.00 |
|
Corporate Services |
0.00 |
21.67 |
29.66 |
18.63 |
21.67 |
5.70 |
2.66 |
|
Finance |
0.00 |
17.65 |
28.43 |
20.59 |
25.98 |
6.37 |
0.98 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
1.78 |
10.25 |
20.06 |
23.03 |
25.56 |
15.01 |
4.31 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
0.00 |
12.90 |
19.35 |
29.03 |
29.03 |
9.68 |
0.00 |
|
Pensions |
1.34 |
11.16 |
30.36 |
22.32 |
25.45 |
7.14 |
2.23 |
|
Strategic Growth |
0.00 |
12.73 |
21.82 |
30.91 |
25.45 |
7.27 |
1.82 |
|
Council |
0.68 |
12.90 |
23.22 |
23.93 |
26.20 |
10.46 |
2.61 |
1d. Workforce by disability as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Not disabled (%) |
Disabled (%) |
Unknown/ undisclosed (%) |
|
Adults |
83.73 |
6.09 |
10.19 |
|
Children's Services |
87.84 |
6.01 |
6.15 |
|
Corporate Services |
88.59 |
7.22 |
4.18 |
|
Finance |
88.24 |
7.35 |
4.41 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
84.55 |
4.90 |
10.55 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
93.55 |
3.23 |
3.23 |
|
Pensions |
92.41 |
4.02 |
3.57 |
|
Strategic Growth |
85.45 |
10.91 |
3.64 |
|
Council |
86.43 |
5.89 |
7.68 |
1e. Workforce by marital status as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Married (%) |
Other (% inclusive of single, unknown/undisclosed) |
|
Adults |
38.63 |
61.37 |
|
Children's Services |
36.77 |
63.23 |
|
Corporate Services |
34.22 |
65.78 |
|
Finance |
30.39 |
69.61 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
35.07 |
64.93 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
38.71 |
61.29 |
|
Pensions |
37.50 |
62.5 |
|
Strategic Growth |
50.91 |
49.09 |
|
Council |
36.56 |
63.44 |
1f. Workforce by sexual orientation as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Bisexual (%) |
Declined to specify (%) |
Gay (%) |
Heterosexual (%) |
Lesbian (%) |
Prefer Not to Say (%) |
Not known (%) |
|
Adults |
1.12 |
5.22 |
0.87 |
58.51 |
0.99 |
3.23 |
30.06 |
|
Children's Services |
1.72 |
5.58 |
1.43 |
62.80 |
2.43 |
2.15 |
23.89 |
|
Corporate Services |
2.28 |
4.56 |
1.90 |
61.22 |
1.14 |
3.42 |
25.48 |
|
Finance |
0.98 |
5.39 |
1.47 |
51.47 |
0.98 |
2.94 |
36.76 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
1.63 |
5.05 |
0.45 |
51.56 |
0.59 |
0.89 |
39.82 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
0.00 |
3.23 |
0.00 |
51.61 |
0.00 |
9.68 |
35.48 |
|
Pensions |
1.79 |
2.68 |
1.79 |
60.27 |
0.00 |
1.79 |
31.70 |
|
Strategic Growth |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.82 |
74.55 |
0.00 |
1.82 |
21.82 |
|
Council |
1.49 |
4.91 |
1.12 |
58.06 |
1.15 |
2.37 |
30.91 |
1g. Workforce by religion as at 31 March 2026:
|
Directorate |
Agnostic % |
Any Other Religion/Belief % |
Buddhist % |
Christian-(Inc C of E, Catholic, Protestant + all other Christian denominations) % |
Declined To Specify % |
Hindu % |
Jewish % |
Muslim % |
None % |
Prefer Not To Say % |
Sikh % |
Not known % |
|
Adults |
2.11 |
0.87 |
0.00 |
30.56 |
7.20 |
0.25 |
0.00 |
1.99 |
23.48 |
3.73 |
0.00 |
29.81 |
|
Children's Services |
2.29 |
1.29 |
0.14 |
33.19 |
6.01 |
0.43 |
0.00 |
3.58 |
26.32 |
2.58 |
0.00 |
24.18 |
|
Corporate Services |
2.28 |
1.14 |
0.00 |
27.76 |
7.22 |
0.38 |
0.00 |
5.32 |
28.90 |
1.90 |
0.38 |
24.71 |
|
Finance |
1.96 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
24.02 |
7.35 |
0.49 |
0.49 |
1.47 |
27.45 |
0.98 |
0.00 |
35.78 |
|
Housing, Environment & Estates |
2.53 |
0.59 |
0.00 |
23.92 |
6.54 |
0.15 |
0.00 |
1.19 |
23.18 |
1.78 |
0.00 |
40.12 |
|
Legal & Democratic Services |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
29.03 |
6.45 |
3.23 |
0.00 |
6.45 |
12.90 |
9.68 |
0.00 |
32.26 |
|
Pensions |
3.13 |
0.89 |
0.00 |
29.02 |
4.02 |
0.45 |
0.00 |
1.79 |
25.00 |
2.68 |
0.00 |
33.04 |
|
Strategic Growth |
3.64 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
45.45 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.82 |
23.64 |
3.64 |
0.00 |
21.82 |
|
Council |
2.34 |
0.85 |
0.03 |
29.11 |
6.40 |
0.34 |
0.03 |
2.47 |
24.85 |
2.64 |
0.03 |
30.91 |
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