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Unemployment

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) follows the international definition by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to classify the unemployed as people without a job, who have been actively looking for a job in a recent period (one month), and are available to start working within two weeks.

Unemployment rate during the last three years

The unemployment rate is the percentage Figure 1: Unemployment rate of population aged 16+ in of the economically active population (employed and unemployed) that are unemployed. 6%

Figure 1 shows the unemployment rate 4% reported by the Labour Force Survey.

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r r u u u n n n ct ct ct When comparing similar periods among J J J p p a a a J J J O O O A A the three years, the unemployment rate Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS | @traffordDataLab has decreased from 2015 to 2016 and Download: Data | Image | R code slightly increased from 2016 to 2017. Claimant count rates from 2015

The Claimant count includes individuals Figure 2: Claimant count rates of population aged 16+ in Trafford claiming Universal Credit or Jobseekers

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Source: Claimant count, DWP | @traffordDataLab The rate has remained at or slightly below 2% during 2015 to 2017. The rate has Download: Data | Image | R code slightly increased during 2018, reaching 2.3%.

Age of claimants in Trafford wards

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3), the claimants under 34 account for *The width of the columns is proportional to the number 40% to 50% of the total number of of claimants claimants. Download: Data | Image | R code Economic Inactivity and Unemployment

People without a job who have not sought Figure 4: Economic inactivity and unemployment in Trafford wards, 2011 work in the last four weeks and/or are not available to start work in the next two Clifford - weeks are classified as economically Longford inactive. St Mary's

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According to the Census 2011 in Trafford

Davyhulme West wards, the percentage of the population Broadheath aged 16 or over that are economically inactive varies from 27.3% in Broadheath Ashton upon Mersey Brooklands to 42% in Barns, as shown in Figure

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% is also the ward with the percentage of residents aged 16 or over unemployed inactive lowest percentage of unemployment with Source: 2011 Census | @traffordDataLab 2.3% whilst Clifford had the highest with Download: Data | Image | R code 8.3%

Reasons for economic inactivity

For 20 wards the most common reason Figure 5: Reasons for economic inactivity in Trafford wards for economic inactivity is retirement

looking after long-term retired student other reaching 63.7% in . Clifford home sick/disable Clifford Longford shows a different composition with the Gorse Hill Bucklow-St Martins highest rate of 'student' (23.6%) and Stretford St Mary's Hale Central 'looking after home' (22.6%), and a high Priory Altrincham rate of 'long-term sick/disable' (21.8%). Broadheath Hale Barns In Hale Central, a high percentage of Bowdon Urmston people (20.8%) report being 'student' as Ashton upon Mersey Davyhulme East Brooklands the reason for economic inactivity, Flixton contrasting with the 5.4% reporting being Timperley 60% 20% 20% 20% 10% percentage of economically inactive

'long-term sick/disable' as the reason, the Source: Census 2011 | @traffordDataLab lowest percentage among wards in that Download: Data | Image | R code category. Data sources

ONS Labour Force Survey: Annual population survey ONS Claimant count: Claimant count by sex and age ONS Census 2011: Economic Activity by sex by age LC6107EW, Economic activity QS601EW

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