Employment and labour market

Workless households for regions across the UK: 2017

 In 2017, the areas with the highest percentage of workless households were generally located outside the south of England.

 Not all locations outside the south of England had high percentages of workless households; 8 of the 50 areas with the lowest percentages in 2017 were in Scotland, Wales, the Midlands and the north of England.

 Hartlepool was the only area in the top five areas with the highest percentage of workless households in both 2016 and 2017.

 Windsor and Maidenhead, Redbridge and Bracknell Forest were in the top five areas with the lowest percentage of workless households in both 2016 and 2017.

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