Glasgow City Region

Children living in workless households, Glasgow City Region, 2006-2023

In 2023, West Dunbartonshire recorded the highest proportion of children living in workless households among local authorities in the Glasgow City Region. Glasgow City has seen a significant decline in its rate, from 38.5% in 2006 to 15.5% in 2023. The lowest point was in 2020, when 10.9% of the city's children lived in workless households.

Notes

The data above were sourced from ONS’s statistical bulletin, Workless Households for Regions across the UK, 2023. In this report, workless households are estimated over the period January to December in each year.

Definitions:

The estimates only include those households where at least one person is aged 16 to 64. Children refers to all children under 16.

Workless households are households where no-one aged 16 or over is in employment. These members may be unemployed or inactive. Inactive members may be unavailable to work because of family commitments, retirement or study, or unable to work through sickness/disability.

This page was updated in December 2024. It will be updated next when the next set of annual figures are released.