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| Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency | Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency |
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| UK unemployment is down again with the number of unemployed reaching 2.51m, down 128,000 on last year. | |
| The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows private sector jobs have hit an all-time high.Larry Elliott writes today: | |
The ONS said that on the international-agreed ILO measure of unemployment, joblessness fell to 2.51m between August and October, leaving 7.8% of the economically active population out of work. | |
| Growth of 65,000 in private sector employment was responsible for the increase in jobs, with the public sector pay roll shrinking by 24,000 to 5.7m – its lowest level in a decade. The ONS said there were more private sector jobs in the economy – 23.8m – than ever before. | |
| So how is it changing? Scroll down the page to see full details on youth unemployment, claimant count where you live and public sector jobs. | So how is it changing? Scroll down the page to see full details on youth unemployment, claimant count where you live and public sector jobs. |
| Total unemployment | Total unemployment |
| The jobless total stood at 2.51m for August to October 2012, dropping by 82,000 from May to July 2012. The UK unemployment rate for August to October 2012 stood at 7.8%, down 0.5% from the previous year. This is the lowest rate since March to May 2011, but still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005. | |
| Public sector employment | Public sector employment |
| Public sector jobs are at 5.7m according to the latest release. 19.4% of the UK workforce is in the public sector, a slight increase from the 19.2% figure we saw for June 2012 but still lower than the same time last year. | |
| Youth unemployment | Youth unemployment |
| Unemployment among the under-25s has stayed below 1m falling by 472,000 from the May to July figure. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds is now 20.3%, down 1.3 percentage points from May to July. | |
| Click on the image above to explore youth unemployment around the UK. | Click on the image above to explore youth unemployment around the UK. |
Video | Video |
| The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics: | The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics: |
| Benefit claimants | Benefit claimants |
| The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.58million, down 3,000 from October 2012 and down 20,900 from a year earlier. | |
| Our figures, not seasonally adjusted, from NOMIS, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary constituency. | Our figures, not seasonally adjusted, from NOMIS, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary constituency. |
| We've gone for claimants rather than unemployed numbers because – although the numbers are lower – they are bang up to date and available at a really local level, so you can see exactly what's happening near where you live. | We've gone for claimants rather than unemployed numbers because – although the numbers are lower – they are bang up to date and available at a really local level, so you can see exactly what's happening near where you live. |
| Constituency breakdown | Constituency breakdown |
| Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 11% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at 9.7%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are: | |
/>• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, />• Biggest %-point increase over the year: />• Biggest % change on month: />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: | • Highest % of men claiming benefits: Birmingham Ladywood, 14.8% />• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1% />• Biggest %-point increase over the year: Wolverhampton South East, 0.5%points />• Biggest % change on month: Ross, Skye and Lochaber, up 22% />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Harrogate and Knaresborough, down 23.2% point |
| Download the full data and in the second tab you can see our rankings by constituency - with highest rates by men and women and a host of other bits of analysis. | Download the full data and in the second tab you can see our rankings by constituency - with highest rates by men and women and a host of other bits of analysis. |
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| Data summary | Data summary |
| Benefit claimants by constituency for November 2012 | |
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| Source: Nomis | Source: Nomis |
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