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Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64: local authority ranking

Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64: Birmingham comes top with 10.1% and City of London comes last with 1.1%. The median across 361 local authorities is 3.2%.

Podium and top 100

1Birmingham10.1%2Barking and Dagenham7.4%3Haringey7.4%

#	Local authority	Region	Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64
1	Birmingham	West Midlands	10.1%
2	Barking and Dagenham	London	7.4%
2	Haringey	London	7.4%
2	Newham	London	7.4%
5	Brent	London	7.2%
5	Enfield	London	7.2%
7	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	6.9%
7	Hackney	London	6.9%
9	Lewisham	London	6.8%
10	Sandwell	West Midlands	6.7%
10	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	6.7%
10	Tower Hamlets	London	6.7%
13	Luton	East	6.6%
14	Oldham	North West	6.5%
14	Waltham Forest	London	6.5%
16	Ealing	London	6.4%
17	Croydon	London	6.3%
18	Lambeth	London	6.2%
19	Nottingham	East Midlands	6.1%
20	Manchester	North West	6.0%
20	Rochdale	North West	6.0%
20	Walsall	West Midlands	6.0%
20	Redbridge	London	6.0%
24	Slough	South East	5.9%
25	Blackpool	North West	5.8%
25	Coventry	West Midlands	5.8%
25	Greenwich	London	5.8%
28	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	5.7%
29	Burnley	North West	5.6%
29	Hyndburn	North West	5.6%
29	Pendle	North West	5.6%
29	Southwark	London	5.6%
33	Liverpool	North West	5.5%
34	Leicester	East Midlands	5.4%
34	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	5.4%
34	Peterborough	East	5.4%
34	Thanet	South East	5.4%
34	Islington	London	5.4%
39	Bolton	North West	5.3%
40	Middlesbrough	North East	5.2%
41	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	5.1%
41	Salford	North West	5.1%
43	Hastings	South East	5.0%
43	Barnet	London	5.0%
43	Hillingdon	London	5.0%
43	Hounslow	London	5.0%
47	Derby	East Midlands	4.9%
47	Eastbourne	South East	4.9%
47	Tameside	North West	4.9%
47	Glasgow City	Scotland	4.9%
51	Great Yarmouth	East	4.8%
51	South Tyneside	North East	4.8%
51	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	4.8%
51	Harrow	London	4.8%
55	Boston	East Midlands	4.7%
55	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.7%
57	Harlow	East	4.6%
57	Watford	East	4.6%
57	Preston	North West	4.6%
57	Crawley	South East	4.6%
57	Dudley	West Midlands	4.6%
57	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.6%
57	Camden	London	4.6%
64	Portsmouth	South East	4.5%
64	Bedford	East	4.5%
64	Ipswich	East	4.5%
64	Havering	London	4.5%
64	Merton	London	4.5%
64	Newport	Wales	4.5%
70	Hartlepool	North East	4.4%
70	Bury	North West	4.4%
70	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.4%
73	Halton	North West	4.3%
73	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.3%
73	Thurrock	East	4.3%
73	Reading	South East	4.3%
73	Brighton and Hove	South East	4.3%
73	Gravesham	South East	4.3%
73	Knowsley	North West	4.3%
73	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.3%
73	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.3%
82	Southend-on-Sea	East	4.2%
82	Medway	South East	4.2%
82	Southampton	South East	4.2%
82	Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	4.2%
82	North Ayrshire	Scotland	4.2%
82	Dundee City	Scotland	4.2%
88	Milton Keynes	South East	4.1%
88	Tendring	East	4.1%
88	Norwich	East	4.1%
88	Gateshead	North East	4.1%
88	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	4.1%
93	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	4.0%
93	Mansfield	East Midlands	4.0%
93	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	4.0%
93	Wandsworth	London	4.0%
93	Westminster	London	4.0%
98	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	3.9%
98	Fenland	East	3.9%
98	Basildon	East	3.9%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64
345	Mole Valley	South East	1.9%
345	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	1.9%
349	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	1.8%
349	Rutland	East Midlands	1.8%
349	Westmorland and Furness	North West	1.8%
349	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	1.8%
349	Hart	South East	1.8%
349	Ribble Valley	North West	1.8%
349	Harborough	East Midlands	1.8%
349	South Oxfordshire	South East	1.8%
349	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	1.8%
358	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1.6%
359	Isles of Scilly	South West	1.5%
360	Shetland Islands	Scotland	1.2%
361	City of London	London	1.1%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

Employment rate, aged 16-64

Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64”?

Birmingham ranks first for “Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64”, with 10.1%.

What is the median for “Out-of-work benefit claimants, share of residents aged 16-64”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 3.2%.