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Children in workless households in selected UK citiesPercentage of children living in workless households - selected UK cities - 2006-2023

In 2023, 15.5% of children in Glasgow lived in a workless household. This rate is no longer the highest in the UK, with Birmingham (22.5%) and Nottingham (21.4%) recording significantly higher figures. Newcastle, Liverpool, and Manchester also had slightly higher rates at 15.7%, 15.7%, and 15.6%, respectively. Glasgow has not consistently recorded the highest proportion of children in workless households over the time period shown. Notably, in 2020, Glasgow’s rate 10.9% was lower than Manchester at 25.8%, Newcastle 15.6%, Birmingham 14.9%, Liverpool 12.2% and Edinburgh 14.2%. Overall, the proportion of children living in workless households in Glasgow has declined significantly from 38.5% in 2006 to 15.5% in 2023, though the trend has not been entirely consistent.

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.

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