Unemployment claimants to December 2021

Unemployment claimant count data (released 18 January 2022 by the Department of Work and Pensions) shows that the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits in Oxfordshire decreased between November and December 2021, from 11,605 to 11,225 (-3.3%).

monthly count of unemployment claimants chart

By district in December 2021, the rate of unemployment claimants (as a percentage of the economically active population aged 16-64) was highest in Oxford City followed by Cherwell. By age group, the rate was highest in Oxfordshire (and England) for claimants aged 16-24.

Change in unemployment claimants Dec-20 to Dec-21

Dec 2020 Dec 2021 Dec 2020 to Dec 2021
count rate* count rate* ppt change
Cherwell 3745 4.9% 2530 3.3% -1.58
Oxford 4665 6.7% 3380 4.8% -1.84
South Oxfordshire 2875 4.0% 1895 2.7% -1.38
Vale of White Horse 2670 3.9% 1855 2.7% -1.18
West Oxfordshire 2345 4.1% 1560 2.8% -1.39
Oxfordshire 16305 4.8% 11225 3.3% -1.48
England 2216785 8.2% 1589200 5.9% -2.31

Unemployment claimants by age group Dec-21

  16-24 25-49 50+
  count rate* count rate* count rate*
Cherwell 410 4.4% 1,555 3.5% 565 2.4%
Oxford 485 3.7% 2,045 5.2% 850 5.3%
South Oxfordshire 260 3.0% 1,100 2.8% 535 2.3%
Vale of White Horse 290 3.4% 1,100 2.8% 470 2.2%
West Oxfordshire 265 3.8% 895 4.0% 395 2.2%
Oxfordshire 1,710 3.6% 6,700 3.5% 2,815 2.7%
England 225,870 6.9% 941,700 6.0% 391,600 5.2%

 

*per the economically active population (calculated as the ONS mid-2020 population estimate - aged 16-64 for the top table - multiplied by the proportion of the population that are economically active, as recorded by the 2011 Census); ppt=percentage point

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Data downloaded from www.nomisweb.co.uk (14 December 2021)

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