Ethnicity
Employment rate among people from an ethnic minority in Glasgow, Scotland and the UK, 2022
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60% of all adults from an ethnicity minority group (see definition below) in Glasgow were employed in 2022. This is 12 percentage points lower than the average employment rate in the city (72%). The rate of employment among adults from an ethnicity minority group in Scotland is 6 percentage points lower than the overall employment rate for Scotland (74%).
The employment rate for people from an ethnic minority in Glasgow has risen in recent years but remains lower than that the average employment rate in Scotland (68%) or the UK (69%).
Notes
The Annual Population Survey (APS) combines results from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the English, Welsh and Scottish Labour Force Survey boosts. It is the primary source for information on local labour markets, providing headline estimates on employment, unemployment and economic activity, and is the largest annual household survey in Scotland.
The APS definition of 'ethnic minority' includes anyone who does not categorise themselves as 'white'.
The LFS definition of employment is anyone (aged 16 or over) who does at least one hour’s paid work in the week prior to their LFS interview, or has a job that they are temporarily away from (e.g. on holiday). Also included are people who do unpaid work in a family business and people on government supported employment training schemes, in line with ILO definitions.
The headline employment rate is the proportion of the working-age population who are in employment. The working-age population comprises men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59 and therefore takes account of the school leaving age but does not align completely with the state pension age, which has risen in recent years.
This page was updated in July 2023.
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