Editing Ilkley (section)

==Economy==
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!colspan="4"|Ilkley compared
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|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK Census]]'''||'''Ilkley'''<ref name="employment">{{cite web |title=KS09a Economic activity – all people: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8292&More=Y|date=3 February 2005 |access-date=15 June 2009}}</ref>||'''Bradford (borough)'''<ref name="Bradford economic activity">{{cite web|title=Bradford Local Authority economic activity |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276807&c=Bradford&d=13&e=16&g=379385&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1245093722390&enc=1&dsFamilyId=107 |access-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051646/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276807&c=Bradford&d=13&e=16&g=379385&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1245093722390&enc=1&dsFamilyId=107 |archive-date=4 June 2011 }}</ref>||'''England'''
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|Population of working age||9,224||326,778||35,532,091
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|Full-time employment||37.4%||37.7%||40.8%
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|Part-time employment||12.6%||11.9%||11.8%
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|Self-employed||11.9%||6.8%||8.3%
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|Unemployed||1.8%||4.4%||3.3%
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|Retired||20.0%||12.8%||13.5%
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The town is a tourist destination and is used as a base from which to explore the famous moor and the countryside beyond. Ilkley is a shopping town that sells everything from game, fine wine, expensive fashions and fine art. The Victorian parades of the Grove and Brook Street have a selection of speciality shops. The town's original Victorian arcade has been restored as an indoor shopping walkway complete with a fountain and hanging baskets. [[Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate|Bettys]], the Yorkshire tea room, has a shop in the town.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/linfo/localguides/localilkley/localilkleytourism/
|title=Local Ilkley Tourism
|work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus
|access-date=11 June 2009
}}</ref>
Ilkley has little by way of industry or commerce but employers include the ''Woolmark Company'', ''Spooner Industries'' and ''NG Bailey''. The town is also home to three breweries, Ilkley Brewery situated on the outskirts, [[Wharfedale Brewery]] which is housed within the grounds of a former 18th&nbsp;century farmhouse in the town centre and Bini Brew Co a modern craft brewery near the town centre.

According to the 2001 UK census, the industry of employment of residents aged 16–74 was 18.8% property and business services, 14.8% retail and wholesale, 13.4% education, 13.1% health and social work, 9.6% manufacturing, 5.7% finance, 4.8% construction, 4.8% public administration, 4.4% hotels and restaurants, 4.2% transport and communications, 0.6% energy and water supply, 0.5% agriculture, 0.1% mining, and 5.2% other. Compared with national figures, Ilkley town had a relatively high percentage of residents working in education and health and social work. The town had a relatively low percentage working in transport and communication and manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web |title=KS11a Industry of employment – all people: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8306&More=Y |date=3 February 2005 |access-date=15 June 2009}}</ref> The census recorded the economic activity of residents aged 16–74, 2.2% students were with jobs, 3.7% students without jobs, 5.8% looking after home or family, 2.7% permanently sick or disabled, and 1.8% economically inactive for other reasons.<ref name="employment"/> Ilkley's 1.8% unemployment rate was low compared with the national rate of 3.3%. The City of Bradford has a relatively low proportion of people who were self-employed compared to the whole of England, but Ilkley's rate of 11.9% was well above both the district and national figures.<ref name="Bradford economic activity"/>