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Inclusion and diversity employment monitoring report 2024

Workforce data and findings: Religion and belief

Headcount by Religion and belief

76.0% (compared to 76.3% in 2022) of employees have stated their religion and belief. Wiltshire census data 2021 indicates that 50.2% of the Wiltshire population is Christian, 41.3% have no religion and 2.5% have other religion or belief. Low figures in some of the other religion or belief categories have meant that we are not able to include all data due to confidentiality reasons. Our unstated figure is 24% compared to 6.02% for the Wiltshire population (ONS, census 2021).

Headcount by Religion and Belief
Religion and Belief% of total Council headcount
Christian33.5%
No religion38.9%
Other religion or belief3.5%
Unstated24.0%

Recruitment by Religion and Belief

Total recruitment
Religion and belief% of total applied% of total shortlisted% of total appointed
Christian27.6%27.4%23.1%
No religion35.8%41.8%39.7%
Other religion or belief5.9%1.7%0.9%
Unstated30.7%29.2%36.4%
Internal recruitment
Religion and belief% of total applied% of total shortlisted% of total appointed
Christian27.7%26.7%26.0%
No religion53.7%55.2%53.0%
Other religion or belief2.6%0.8%0.7%
Unstated15.9%17.3%20.3%

Pay grade

The proportion of staff from 'other religion or beliefs' in the top pay grades has decreased  from 6.6% in 2022 to 5.1%. It has increased in grades L/M from 15.6% in 2022 to 18.2%.

Pay grade
Grades groupedChristianNo religionOther religion or beliefAll staff
B/C5.7%3.4%2.8%7.0%
D/E14.0%12.0%14.8%16.9%
F/G16.3%14.9%19.3%14.8%
H/I23.9%28.4%25.6%26.0%
J/K18.3%19.7%14.2%16.6%
L/M12.7%12.5%18.2%11.0%
N/O/Hay9.3%9.0%5.1%7.8%

Turnover rates by Religion and Belief

The turnover rate for staff from 'Other religion or belief' was 12.3% which is in line with the total workforce at 12.2%.

Turnover rates by Religion and Belief
Religion and BeliefTurnover rate
Christian9.4%
No religion10.9%
Other religion or belief12.3%
Unstated18.3%
Whole council12.2%

 

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