Unemployment claimants to December 2020

Unemployment claimant count data (released 26 January 2021) by the Department of Work and Pensions) shows the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits in Oxfordshire increased slightly between November 2020 and December 2020, from 16,345 to 16,640 (+0.5%).

monthly count of unemployment claimants chart

Change in unemployment claimants Dec-19 to Dec-20

Dec-19 Dec-20 Dec-19 to Dec-20
count rate* count rate* ppt change
Cherwell 1,275 1.4% 3,775 4.1% 2.69
Oxford 2,040 1.9% 4,705 4.4% 2.51
South Oxfordshire 1,010 1.2% 2,890 3.4% 2.22
Vale of White Horse 1,030 1.3% 2,755 3.3% 2.02
West Oxfordshire 875 1.3% 2,695 3.6% 2.25
Oxfordshire 6,230 1.4% 16,420 3.8% 2.36
England 1,003,150 2.9% 2,234,335 6.4% 3.51

Unemployment claimants by age group Dec-20

16-24 25-49 50+
count rate* count rate* count rate*
Cherwell 725 5.6% 2,185 4.4% 865 2.9%
Oxford 855 2.4% 2,785 5.6% 1,060 5.0%
South Oxfordshire 515 4.3% 1,550 3.6% 820 2.8%
Vale of White Horse 490 4.1% 1,535 3.5% 665 2.5%
West Oxfordshire 465 5.0% 1,310 5.7% 585 2.6%
Oxfordshire 3,050 3.7% 9,370 4.3% 4,000 3.1%
England 429,185 7.2% 1,273,055 6.9% 532,030 5.0%

*per population aged 16-64 (ONS mid-2019); ppt=percentage point

Note that this does not include people on the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, which is due to finish at the end of April 2021.  As of 31 October 2020, there were 21,400 furloughed employments in Oxfordshire, a take-up of 6% compared with 7% take-up across England.

Explore the latest unemployment data for Oxfordshire using our interactive dashboard.

Data downloaded from www.nomisweb.co.uk (26 January 2020); Furlough data from HMRC

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