Ursynów's labour market is closely interconnected with that of the rest of Warsaw. There are about 79 000 people in their working age in the municipality. Unemployment exists on a relatively small scale here (e.g. during the first half of 1999 there were 900 people registered in the Regional Job Centre, i.e. 1,3 % of the local population).
There are almost 15 000 businesses in Ursynów which means the business to resident ratio is more than 132 :1 000. Most of the businesses (almost 40%) are involved in the wholesale and retail trade, 20% deal with real estate and about 10% concern themselves with production and construction. A remarkable feature is the low number of businesses in the public administration and national defence sectors (0,03%) and a lack of international organisations and teams.
With regard to the development of its local economy, Ursynów can be compared to two other Warsaw municipalities: Bemowo and Bielany. The latter resemble Ursynów regarding both the number of residents and the size of the area.
The business-to-resident ratio in Ursynów is about 132,57 : 1 000, while the average for the whole of Warsaw is 127,70; for Bemowo - 92,86 and for Bielany - 95,22. Compared to the best of Warsaw, Ursynów has a higher business to resident ratio in the following areas: agriculture, hunting, and forestry; housing; transport, warehousing and communication, financial consultancy, real estate, education, health and social security. Ursynów scores lower than the capital's average with regard to production, wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants, public administration and national defence and other services. Compared to Bemowo and Bielany, the ratio in Ursynów is generally higher, except for the public administration and national defence sections in Bemowo, electricity, gas and water supply and households employing staff.
The private sector constitutes 99,4% of Ursynów's economy. 75% of all businesses are registered as private persons, followed by private corporate businesses (about 15%). Businesses with a share of foreign capital (joint-ventures and small foreign businesses) make up about 2% of the whole.
In the private sector the number of businesses per 1000 inhabitants is higher by about 6 in Ursynów than in the rest of Warsaw, and by about 40 compared to Bemowo and Bielany. Compared to Warsaw, Ursynów has a higher ratio of businesses per 1 000 residents for private persons (by about 14 ) and small foreign businesses, but lower for private corporate businesses (by almost 3), joint ventures (by about 2,5), cooperatives and foundations. Ursynów scores higher than Bemowo and Bielany in all forms of businesses. The largest difference can be seen with regard to private persons - Ursynów has 30 businesses more per 1 000 residents than Bemowo and Bielany.
Ursynów's number of as high university graduates is twice as the average of any of Poland's major cities and less than half of the latter with regard to people with an elementary education. As a result, Ursynów has a specific socio educational structure; intellectuals and lower level white-collar workers make up almost 50% of the adult population, while in major Polish cities their share is only 20-25%.
Compared to the rest of Warsaw, Ursynów fares better in the following occupational groups; architects, graphic designers, gynaecologists, psychologists, trade-mark & brand experts, specialists and translators. On the other hand, it has less attorneys, legal advisors and foreign language teachers. It scores higher (sometimes significantly) than Bemowo and Bielany in all occupational groups.
The level of saturation with business (number of firms per 1000 inhabitants) in Ursynów is higher than the Warsaw average. A particularly large difference to Ursynów's advantage can be seen in the saturation with businesses run by private persons which makes it particularly important to provide them with an efficient administrative support.
In a chosen group of firms, Ursynów, with an average of 11,10 firms per 100 000 residents, scores considerably lower than the Warsaw average (15,10), but higher than the average for both Bemowo (5,25) and Bielany (6,01). Compared to the rest of Warsaw, Ursynów fares better in only 20% of chosen kinds of activities, which are the following; public opinion surveys, desktop publishing, translations and insurance. With regard to computer networks, public relations and financial consultancy Ursynów's figures are less than a half of those of Warsaw, while for firms dealing with marketing and promotion-up to three times as low.
Building-related enterprises form a high percentage of the firms in Ursynów. Another worth attention factor is a large number of building societies, which tend to let a lot of its land and buildings to various firms.
One of the most important branches of economy of the part of Ursynów known as Pasmo Pyrskie is agriculture. Farmland constitutes roughly 30% of the municipality's area. Most of it is arable land, about 10% will in future become orchards and just 1% is made up of pastures and meadows.
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