Today’s latest Census 2021 analysis looks at people living in the local authorities of England and Wales who are in and out of work, covering employment, unemployment and economic inactivity.
It shows on Census Day, 21 March 2021, 57.2% of usual residents aged 16 years and over were in employment. The local authority with the lowest percentage of employment was East Lindsey (45.8%) while Wandsworth had the highest percentage (69.6%).
Around 3 in 100 (3.4%) usual residents aged 16 years and over in England and Wales were unemployed, and by local authority this ranged from 6.3% in Newham (London) to 0.9% in the Isles of Scilly, and 1.7% in South Lakeland.
Coastal local authorities including East Lindsey (51.3%), North Norfolk (51.1%) and Tendring (50.3%) had some of the highest proportions of usual residents aged 16 years and over who were economically inactive, whereas some local authorities in London, including Wandsworth (26.4%), Lambeth (26.7%), and the City of London (29.1%) had the lowest percentages; nationally, 39.4% were economically inactive.
Today we’ve also published an article comparing the percentages of adults in employment and other labour market data between Census 2021 and the Labour Force Survey, and reasons why they differ.
What's coming up?
On Wednesday, March 15, we’ll be releasing ethnic group by education, employment, health and housing, England and Wales: Census 2021.
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