Jobs · 2025-2026

Employment rate, aged 16-64: local authority ranking

Employment rate, aged 16-64: Crawley comes top with 90.0% and Gravesham comes last with 59.7%. The median across 347 local authorities is 76.3%.

Podium and top 100

1Crawley90.0%2Surrey Heath89.9%3Worthing88.8%

#	Local authority	Region	Employment rate, aged 16-64
1	Crawley	South East	90.0%
2	Surrey Heath	South East	89.9%
3	Worthing	South East	88.8%
4	Horsham	South East	88.7%
5	West Oxfordshire	South East	88.1%
6	Fareham	South East	87.6%
7	East Devon	South West	87.5%
7	Dacorum	East	87.5%
9	Mid Devon	South West	86.2%
10	Cherwell	South East	86.0%
11	North Devon	South West	85.9%
12	East Cambridgeshire	East	85.6%
13	Central Bedfordshire	East	85.4%
14	Blaby	East Midlands	85.3%
15	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	85.2%
16	Mole Valley	South East	85.1%
16	Wandsworth	London	85.1%
18	Broadland	East	84.8%
19	Stroud	South West	84.5%
20	North Hertfordshire	East	84.2%
20	Wychavon	West Midlands	84.2%
22	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	84.1%
23	Melton	East Midlands	84.0%
24	Woking	South East	83.9%
25	South Gloucestershire	South West	83.8%
26	South Oxfordshire	South East	83.7%
27	West Lothian	Scotland	83.6%
28	Lewes	South East	83.5%
29	Warwick	West Midlands	83.4%
29	Chichester	South East	83.4%
29	East Suffolk	East	83.4%
32	Teignbridge	South West	83.3%
32	Broxbourne	East	83.3%
32	Harborough	East Midlands	83.3%
35	Maidstone	South East	82.8%
36	Castle Point	East	82.7%
37	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	82.6%
38	Cotswold	South West	82.5%
38	Three Rivers	East	82.5%
38	Guildford	South East	82.5%
41	Havant	South East	82.4%
42	South Cambridgeshire	East	82.3%
42	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	82.3%
44	Erewash	East Midlands	82.2%
45	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	82.1%
46	Rushmoor	South East	82.0%
47	Epping Forest	East	81.9%
48	Bedford	East	81.7%
48	Oxford	South East	81.7%
50	West Berkshire	South East	81.5%
50	Wiltshire	South West	81.5%
50	South Norfolk	East	81.5%
50	Adur	South East	81.5%
54	Bracknell Forest	South East	81.4%
54	South Holland	East Midlands	81.4%
56	Reading	South East	81.2%
57	Medway	South East	81.0%
57	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	81.0%
57	Harlow	East	81.0%
57	West Lancashire	North West	81.0%
61	Stafford	West Midlands	80.9%
62	Eastleigh	South East	80.7%
62	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	80.7%
64	Buckinghamshire	South East	80.6%
65	Wealden	South East	80.5%
65	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	80.5%
65	Kingston upon Thames	London	80.5%
68	Westmorland and Furness	North West	80.4%
68	Chorley	North West	80.4%
70	South Staffordshire	West Midlands	80.3%
70	Bromley	London	80.3%
70	Westminster	London	80.3%
73	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	80.2%
73	Dartford	South East	80.2%
75	Dorset	South West	80.1%
75	Lichfield	West Midlands	80.1%
77	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	79.9%
77	North Somerset	South West	79.9%
77	Epsom and Ewell	South East	79.9%
80	Bristol, City of	South West	79.8%
80	New Forest	South East	79.8%
80	Lincoln	East Midlands	79.8%
80	Runnymede	South East	79.8%
84	Waltham Forest	London	79.7%
85	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	79.6%
85	Rother	South East	79.6%
85	Uttlesford	East	79.6%
85	Pendle	North West	79.6%
85	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	79.6%
85	Reigate and Banstead	South East	79.6%
85	East Hertfordshire	East	79.6%
85	Midlothian	Scotland	79.6%
93	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	79.5%
93	Mid Suffolk	East	79.5%
93	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	79.5%
96	Cambridge	East	79.4%
96	Basildon	East	79.4%
96	Gedling	East Midlands	79.4%
96	Mid Sussex	South East	79.4%
100	Shropshire	West Midlands	79.3%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Employment rate, aged 16-64
333	Middlesbrough	North East	66.0%
334	Inverclyde	Scotland	65.9%
335	Hartlepool	North East	65.7%
336	Kensington and Chelsea	London	65.6%
336	Swansea	Wales	65.6%
338	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	65.4%
339	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	65.3%
340	South Tyneside	North East	64.6%
340	Sandwell	West Midlands	64.6%
342	Oldham	North West	64.3%
343	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	63.7%
344	Hyndburn	North West	63.6%
345	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	63.0%
346	Hastings	South East	61.7%
347	Gravesham	South East	59.7%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64

Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Employment rate, aged 16-64”?

Crawley ranks first for “Employment rate, aged 16-64”, with 90.0%.

What is the median for “Employment rate, aged 16-64”?

The median across the 347 ranked local authorities is 76.3%.