Summary
Estimates of unemployment are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS) data produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which is available down to the local authority level, (some data is also available for Parliamentary Constituencies).
Unemployed refers to people without a job who were available to start work in the two weeks following their interview and who had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.
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Current figure: 2.2% (5,500 people aged 16 to 64) (January 2023 to December 2023)(NE: 3.9%; England: 3.8%)
- The current APS unemployment rate for County Durham was estimated at 2.2% (5,500 people aged 16 to 64) and is lower than the previous period, (3.5%), it is lower than the North East (3.9%), and the England (3.8%) rate,
- However, no confidence intervals were given suggesting the data may not be reliable due to small numbers in the data,
- The current estimate of workless (unemployed plus those economically inactive who want a job), using the APS measures detailed above gives a rate for County Durham of 8.1% (20,300 people aged 16 to 64), higher than the North East (10.2%) rate, both of which were higher than the England (8.5%) rate.
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