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Scottish cities

Children in workless households in selected Scottish cities

WLessHHsSCitGlasgow had the highest proportion of children living in workless households among Scotland’s major cities in the period 2006-2013. Between 2013 and 2018, rates were similar to those in Dundee. In 2020, rates in both Glasgow and Dundee dropped below the Scottish average. However, rates in Glasgow had risen again in 2021, to 24%. 

Notes

The data above were sourced from ONS’s statistical bulletin, Workless Households for Regions across the UK, 2021. 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 May 2023. It will be updated next when the next set of annual figures are released. 

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