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Claimant proportions by local authority
Proportion of resident population aged 16-64 estimates, Jan 2005 to Jun 2011
Local authority: district / unitary 2005-2011 average January 2005
Anglesey 3.5 3.4
Blaenau Gwent 5.4 3.9
Bridgend 3.1 2.3
Caerphilly 3.7 2.8
Cardiff 2.9 2.3
Carmarthenshire 2.4 1.8
Ceredigion 1.5 1.4
Conwy 2.9 2.1
Denbighshire 2.9 2.1
Flintshire 2.4 1.7Gwynedd 2.5 2.8
Merthyr Tydfil 4.6 3.1
Monmouthshire 1.8 1.5
Neath Port Talbot 3.1 2.6
Newport 3.8 2.6
Pembrokeshire 2.4 2.9
Powys 1.9 1.6
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 3.3 2.3
Swansea 2.8 2.3
Torfaen 3.3 2.0
The Vale of Glamorgan 2.8 2.2
Wrexham 2.6 1.7
UK average for month 2.2
Figures in red show the Welsh local authorities with the highest average claimant pro
Figures in green show the Welsh local authorities with the lowest average claimant p
We have extracted the figures for the Welsh local authorities from a table provided b
We have included below the local authorities in the rest of UK with the highest and lo
Local authority: district / unitary 2005-2011 average January 2005
Kingston upon Hull, City of 6.0 4.4
Wolverhampton 5.8 4.0
Hackney 5.6 5.3
Middlesbrough 5.5 4.4
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Derry 5.5 5.1
Sandwell 5.4 3.9
Tower Hamlets 5.4 5.0
Newham 5.3 4.2
Hartlepool 5.2 4.0
Strabane 5.2 4.6South Tyneside 5.1 4.7
Isles of Scilly 0.5 1.1
Eden 0.9 0.6
South Lakeland 0.9 0.8
West Oxfordshire 0.9 0.5
City of London 1.0 1.1
Wokingham 1.0 0.8
Ribble Valley 1.0 0.6
Hart 1.0 0.7East Dorset 1.0 0.7
North Dorset 1.0 0.7
West Dorset 1.0 0.9
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February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005
3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9
3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8
2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2
2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7
2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2
1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
2.1 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9
2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8
1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.72.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1
3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4
2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6
2.8 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.2
1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4
2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4
2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2
2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9
2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0
1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2
portions
roportions
ONS which also included local authorities in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
west average claimant proportions for comparison
February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005
4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7
4.1 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4
5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5
4.5 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1
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4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7
3.9 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3
5.0 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1
4.3 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5
4.0 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7
4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.44.6 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2
1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.2
0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.60.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
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July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005
2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9
4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0
2.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3
2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8
2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4
1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.82.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3
3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5
2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4
2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3
2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2
1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8
2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2
July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005
4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0
4.5 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.4
5.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4
4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1
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4.8 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9
4.4 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4
5.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4
4.5 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.7
3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8
4.7 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.54.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.0
0.2 # # # 0.5
0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.60.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8
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December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006
3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4
4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4
2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7
2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2
2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9
1.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4
2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3
1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.02.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5
3.4 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.7
1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6
2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7
2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2
2.4 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.1
1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
2.5 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8
2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5
2.2 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6
2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4
1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006
5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.2
4.5 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.3
5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6
4.1 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7
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4.8 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.9
4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9
5.4 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5
4.8 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.3
3.9 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.2
4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.74.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6
0.8 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.6
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6
1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.70.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7
0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9
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May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006
3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2
4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1
2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8
2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4
1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0
1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2
2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2
1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.92.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3
3.6 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4
1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5
2.6 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5
3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9
2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7
1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7
2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5
2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3
2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5
2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1
1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8
2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4
May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006
5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0
5.2 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6
5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8
4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5
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4.8 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1
4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0
5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8
5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.5
4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2
4.6 4.7 4.7 5.1 4.94.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3
0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.70.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
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October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007
3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.2
4.0 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.5
2.2 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.5
2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0
2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3
1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.3
1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
2.2 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5
2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.92.2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.6
3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.7
1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4
2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7
2.9 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2
1.6 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9
1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7
2.4 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6
2.3 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4
2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8
2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2
1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0
2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5
October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007
4.9 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.2
5.2 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0
5.7 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.4
4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0
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4.8 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.3
4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.0
5.7 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.3
5.4 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.0
4.2 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8
4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.24.3 4.4 4.7 4.9 4.8
0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7
0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.1
0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.60.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007
3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7
4.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.3
2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1
2.9 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5
2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9
1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2
2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1
2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2
1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.72.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9
3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2
2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4
3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7
1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3
1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2
2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2
2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4
2.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.8
2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2
March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007
5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.9
5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8
5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9
4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4
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4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0
4.8 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3
5.3 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1
5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.6
4.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.1
4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.74.6 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.2
0.9 0.6 0.4 # 0.2
0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.50.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6
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August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007
2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1
2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1
2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6
2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0
1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8
1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.4
2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3
1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.62.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1
3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3
1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1
2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5
1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5
1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1
2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9
2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3
1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9
1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8
2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0
August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007
4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.3
4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5
5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.5
4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4
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4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7
4.4 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0
5.1 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.7
4.6 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2
4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.94.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1
0.2 # # 0.4 0.5
0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6
0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.50.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
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January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008
2.9 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
4.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4
2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9
2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7
1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3
1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.82.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0
3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2
2.7 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8
1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3
1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3
2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0
2.5 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6
2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008
4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5
4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8
4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2
4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6
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3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5
4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3
4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3
4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.04.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3
0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3
0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.50.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
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June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008
2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8
4.5 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.1
1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.7
2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3
2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6
1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3
2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6
2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6
1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.01.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1
3.6 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2
1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7
2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9
2.0 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4
2.6 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.0
2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.6
2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4
June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008
4.6 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.3
4.8 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.2
4.3 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.7
4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.1
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4.1 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.6
4.1 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.6
4.5 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.8
4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.6
4.3 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7
4.3 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.74.2 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.6
0.2 # 0.2 # 0.2
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7
0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.70.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9
0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
21/34
November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009
3.1 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.2
5.5 6.0 7.0 7.7 8.0
3.0 3.6 4.3 4.8 4.8
3.8 4.2 4.8 5.3 5.4
2.7 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.7
2.2 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3
1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.9
2.9 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.0
2.9 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.1
2.3 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.62.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.4
4.5 5.0 5.6 6.2 6.2
1.7 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.8
2.9 3.2 3.8 4.4 4.6
3.4 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.2
2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.7
1.9 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.8
3.3 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.9
2.6 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.8
3.4 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.9
2.8 3.1 3.4 3.9 3.9
2.6 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.0
2.6 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8
November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009
5.8 6.4 6.9 7.5 7.6
5.4 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.0
4.7 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.7
5.2 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.5
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
22/34
4.8 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.8
4.9 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.7
4.9 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.7
4.7 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.7
4.9 5.3 5.7 6.1 6.3
5.0 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.75.0 5.5 6.0 6.4 6.6
0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5
0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.4
0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5
0.9 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.7
0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1
0.9 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.7
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.6
0.8 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.61.0 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.8
0.9 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.8
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.7
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
23/34
April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009
4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1
8.0 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6
4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7
5.6 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5
3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.2
3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3
1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.0
4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9
3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.73.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7
6.6 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.9
2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8
4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4
5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.5
3.5 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2
2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7
5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.9
3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
5.0 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.0
4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.1
4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0
3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009
7.6 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.4
7.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.7
6.0 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.5
6.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.9
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
24/34
6.0 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.9
6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.3
5.7 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2
5.9 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4
6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.7
5.7 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.56.7 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.4
0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4
1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0
1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7
1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.71.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7
1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
25/34
September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010
3.9 4.0 4.3 4.5 5.1
7.6 7.6 7.6 7.5 8.0
4.6 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.5
5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.7
4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.2
3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4
1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1
4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4
3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4
3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.82.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.7
7.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.9
2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1
4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.3
5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6
3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8
2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7
4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.1
3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 4.0
4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.3
4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.2
4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3
4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.1
September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010
7.6 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.4
7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 8.0
6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6
7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.6
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
26/34
6.9 6.7 6.6 6.6 7.0
7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.6
6.2 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.0
6.4 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.3
6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.5
6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 7.06.4 6.4 6.5 6.7 7.0
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8
1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5
1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7
1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.7
1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.81.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9
1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
27/34
February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010
5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3
7.8 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.5
4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7
5.6 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.7
4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9
3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9
2.1 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6
4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.5
4.4 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4
3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.23.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.8
6.7 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9
3.1 3.1 2.9 2.1 2.0
4.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.6
5.6 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.9
3.7 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2
2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.0
5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.0
3.9 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4
5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2
4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.5
4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5
4.1 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.6
February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010
8.4 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6
7.9 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.2
6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2
7.7 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.2
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
28/34
7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.1
7.6 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.7
6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.8
6.5 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3
7.2 6.9 6.8 6.5 7.0
6.9 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.56.9 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2
0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3
1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2
1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1
1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2
1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4
1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2
1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.31.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4
1.8 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.3
1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
29/34
July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010
4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.0
6.5 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3
3.7 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8
4.7 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6
3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.0
2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9
1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9
3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5
3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6
3.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.02.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.9
5.9 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.5
2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9
3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2
4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.7
3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4
2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1
4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2
3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2
4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.2
3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5
3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5
July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010
7.4 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.1
7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1
6.3 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6
7.1 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
30/34
7.3 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.4
6.6 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.6
5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.8
6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3
6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.8
6.5 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.96.1 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.9
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1
1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.31.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4
1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
31/34
December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011
4.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.3
6.4 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.8
4.0 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9
4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8
4.0 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2
2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2
1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.8
3.6 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.7
3.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6
3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.23.2 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.8
5.5 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
1.9 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1
3.1 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0
5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.3
3.4 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.2
2.2 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.3
4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4
3.1 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5
4.3 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6
3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.8
3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5
3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8
December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011
7.3 7.6 7.8 7.8 8.1
7.1 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.8
6.6 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.2
7.2 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.6
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
32/34
7.3 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.6
6.8 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2
5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1
6.3 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0
7.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2
7.0 7.3 7.3 7.1 7.05.9 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1
0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.4
1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3
1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3
1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3
0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7
1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3
1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.31.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
1.2 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3
1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
33/34
May 2011 June 2011
4.2 4.2
6.8 6.8
3.9 3.7
4.8 4.8
4.2 4.2
3.1 3.0
1.8 1.7
3.6 3.7
3.4 3.4
3.2 3.12.7 2.7
5.7 5.8
2.1 2.1
3.9 3.8
5.3 5.3
3.0 3.0
2.3 2.2
4.4 4.3
3.5 3.5
4.6 4.6
3.7 3.7
3.5 3.4
3.7 3.7
May 2011 June 2011
8.1 8.1
7.8 7.7
7.3 7.3
7.5 7.5
8/6/2019 Job Seeker's Allowance claimant proportions by local authority since 2005
34/34
7.5 7.6
7.2 7.2
6.1 6.1
7.0 7.1
7.1 7.0
6.9 6.86.1 6.2
0.5 0.4
1.2 1.1
1.2 1.2
1.3 1.3
0.6 0.5
1.3 1.3
1.2 1.2
1.3 1.31.3 1.2
1.3 1.3
1.3 1.2
