UK Cities

Children in Workless Households in Selected UK cities

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An estimated 24% of children in Glasgow were living in a workless household in 2021. This figure is higher than the rates recorded in the other UK cities shown, including Edinburgh (10%), Birmingham (22%), Manchester (16%) and Liverpool (12%). Glasgow has not consistently had the highest proportion of children in workless households through the time period shown. Most notably, in 2020, the rate in Glasgow (10%) was lower than that of Manchester (26%), Newcastle (16%), Birmingham (15%), Liverpool (14%) or Edinburgh (12%). Overall, the proportion of children estimated to be living in a workless household in Glasgow City has fallen over time, from 39% in 2006, although since 2016 it has been less consistent and, in some years, has risen.

Note

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.