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Glasgow has most workless households in UK, ONS figures show | Glasgow has most workless households in UK, ONS figures show |
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Glasgow has the highest percentage of workless households of any area in the UK, new figures have shown. | Glasgow has the highest percentage of workless households of any area in the UK, new figures have shown. |
Information from the Office of National Statistics showed that 30.2% of Glasgow households had no-one aged between 16 and 64 in employment during 2012. | Information from the Office of National Statistics showed that 30.2% of Glasgow households had no-one aged between 16 and 64 in employment during 2012. |
The city takes over from Liverpool, which slipped back one place at 28.7%. | The city takes over from Liverpool, which slipped back one place at 28.7%. |
Other top five areas include Kingston upon Hull (27.6%), Birmingham (27.4%) and Wolverhampton (27.3%). The national UK average is 18.1%. | Other top five areas include Kingston upon Hull (27.6%), Birmingham (27.4%) and Wolverhampton (27.3%). The national UK average is 18.1%. |
National average figures for nations within the UK showed that England had the lowest number of workless households with 17.5%. It was also the only nation below the UK average. | |
Scotland came second with 20.6%, followed by Northern Ireland on 21.2% and Wales on 21.5%. | |
Orkney and Shetland | |
After Glasgow, the Scottish areas with the highest number of workless households were Clackmannanshire on 28.9%, North Ayrshire on 28% and Inverclyde and East Ayrshire, both on 25.5%. | |
The area of Scotland with the lowest number of workless households was Orkney with 7.4%, followed by Shetland on 8.2%, Moray on 12.5% and Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, both on 12.6%. | |
The figures emerged a week after the Office for National Statistics published data showing that the proportion of UK households was at its lowest since comparable records began in 1996. | |
The statistics showed there were 3.5 million such households in the UK between April and June this year, about 17.1% of all households containing a working age adult. | The statistics showed there were 3.5 million such households in the UK between April and June this year, about 17.1% of all households containing a working age adult. |
This was down from 3.7 million, or 17.9%, a year earlier. | This was down from 3.7 million, or 17.9%, a year earlier. |