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Glasgow City Region

Workless households in Glasgow City Region local authorities and Scotland, 2004-2021
Workless GCR trendGlasgow has consistently had the highest rate of workless households in the Glasgow City Region over most of the last two decades. However, North Lanarkshire has experienced a steep rise in worklessness in recent years and had the highest rate in the Glasgow City Region in 2021.

Workless households in Glasgow City Region local authorities, 2021
Workless GCR compIn 2021, the local authority in the Glasgow City Region with the highest rate of workless households was North Lanarkshire (27%); the lowest was Inverclyde (15%).

Notes

Workless households are households in which no-one aged 16 or over is in paid employment. This figure does not take into account unpaid work of any kind, including unpaid care work and household work. Those who are not in paid employment may be unemployed or unavailable to work because of family commitments, retirement or study, or they may be unable to work through sickness/disability.

This page was updated in July 2023.

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