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Workless households in selected UK cities, Scotland and the UK, 2004 - 2021
Workless UK cities trendIn the period 2004-2021, Glasgow has had one of the highest rates of workless households among the selected UK cities. There has been a slight drop in worklessness in most cities since around 2012.

Workless households in selected UK cities, Scotland and the UK, 2021
Workless UK cities compIn 2021, Glasgow had the highest level of workless households (24%) among the selected UK cities. The lowest level of workless households was in Bristol (11%).

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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