By Yuan Ren For Mailonline
Published: 15:48 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 18:34 GMT, 25 March 2019
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Almost 1.5million jobs are at risk of being replaced by robots, a new survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
Women and young people are at higher risk than other demographics in their jobs.
The ONS analysed the jobs of 20 million people from 2011 and 2017 in England and found that that 7.4 per cents are at high risk of automation.
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Almost 1.5million jobs are at risk of being replaced by robots, a new survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. Women, part time workers and young people are at higher risk than other demographics in their jobs according to the data
Of these, 70 per cent of the jobs were held by women.
It was also found that 16 per cent of employed 20-to-24-year-olds will be affected.
An assessment of 20 million jobs found the risk of job automation falls as workers get older, and is lowest for those aged 35 to 39, said the ONS.
The areas of England with the lowest risk of jobs being automated in 2017 were said to include Camden in London, Three Rivers in Hertfordshire and Oxford.
The ONS analysed the jobs of 20 million people from 2011 and 2017 in England and found that that 7.4 per cents are at high risk of automation. Of these, 70 per cent of the jobs were held by women
Areas of highest risk include Tamworth in Staffordshire, Rutland and South Holland in Lincolnshire.
The three occupations with the highest probability of automation are waiters and waitresses, shelf fillers and sales occupations, according to the report.
The three occupations at the lowest risk of automation were said to be medical
