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Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2023
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 demographic of the workforce is gradually changing to a younger profile with 319 (53%) aged 49 and under the number of staff aged 50 has increased by 22 to 279 (47%) in 2023.
8.2. In the age range of 16-39 there has been a gradual increase from 163 (28%) in 2021 to 201 (34%) in 2023. Notable is the increase in the 16-24 age range, 23 (4%) in 2021 to 36 (6%).
8.3. There is a reduction in the number of staff in age range 40-49, with increases in all other age ranges. See Table 4.
| Age Range | No. 2021 | No. 2022 | No. 2023 | Difference from 2022 (+/-) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61+ | 49 | 42 | 46 | 141 | +4 |
| 56-60 | 86 | 84 | 95 | +11 | |
| 50-55 | 130 | 131 | 138 | 457 | +7 |
| 40-49 | 141 | 125 | 118 | -7 | |
| 30-39 | 106 | 110 | 119 | +9 | |
| 25-29 | 34 | 40 | 46 | +6 | |
| 16-24 | 23 | 27 | 36 | ||
| Total | 569 | 559 | 598 | +39 | |
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