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The profile brings together data from several sources. Details about these and related terminology are given in the definitions section.
Lancashire (numbers) |
North West (numbers) |
Great Britain (numbers) |
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All people | - | 7,424,100 | 65,078,900 |
Males | - | 3,642,600 | 31,833,600 |
Females | - | 3,781,500 | 33,245,300 |
Source: ONS Population estimates - local authority based by five year age band
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Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
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All people aged 16-64 | - | - | 62.5 | 62.9 |
Males aged 16-64 | - | - | 62.8 | 63.3 |
Females aged 16-64 | - | - | 62.2 | 62.6 |
Source: ONS Population estimates - local authority based by five year age band
Notes: % is a proportion of total population
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Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
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All people | ||||
Economically active† | 712,000 | 75.9 | 76.8 | 78.6 |
In employment† | 686,400 | 73.2 | 73.2 | 75.5 |
Employees† | 616,100 | 66.2 | 65.9 | 66.1 |
Self employed† | 68,300 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 9.2 |
Unemployed§ | 25,600 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
Males | ||||
Economically active† | 379,900 | 81.0 | 81.1 | 82.5 |
In employment† | 366,100 | 78.2 | 77.2 | 79.1 |
Employees† | 325,000 | 69.8 | 67.5 | 67.1 |
Self employed† | 40,600 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 11.7 |
Unemployed§ | 13,900 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
Females | ||||
Economically active† | 332,100 | 70.9 | 72.5 | 74.6 |
In employment† | 320,400 | 68.3 | 69.4 | 71.9 |
Employees† | 291,000 | 62.7 | 64.4 | 65.1 |
Self employed† | 27,700 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.7 |
Unemployed§ | 11,700 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
Source: ONS annual population survey
† - numbers are for those aged 16 and over, % are for
those aged 16-64
§ - numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is
a proportion of economically active
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Lancashire (level) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
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All people | ||||
Total | 215,800 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 21.4 |
Student | 54,300 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 26.6 |
looking after family/home | 41,700 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 19.1 |
temporary sick | # | # | 2.3 | 1.9 |
long-term sick | 67,400 | 31.2 | 30.6 | 27.3 |
discouraged | ! | ! | # | 0.3 |
retired | 29,100 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
other | 20,300 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 11.3 |
wants a job | 32,500 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 |
does not want a job | 183,400 | 85.0 | 83.3 | 82.7 |
Source: ONS annual population survey
# Sample size too small for reliable estimate
! Estimate is not available since sample size is disclosive
Notes: numbers are for those aged 16-64.
% is a proportion of those economically inactive, except total, which is a proportion of those aged 16-64
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Lancashire |
North West |
Great Britain |
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Number of Workless Households | 81,600 | 373,900 | 2,858,400 |
Percentage of Households that are Workless | 17.1 | 16.3 | 13.9 |
Number of children in Workless Households | 52,200 | 175,300 | 1,270,500 |
Percentage of children who are in Households that are Workless | 18.5 | 12.9 | 10.3 |
Source: ONS annual population survey - households by combined economic activity status
Notes: Only includes those households that have at least one person aged 16 to 64.
Children refers to all children aged under 16. |
Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
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Soc 2020 major group 1-3 | 316,200 | 46.2 | 50.2 | 52.8 |
1 Managers, directors and senior officials | 73,300 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
2 Professional occupations | 160,600 | 23.4 | 25.2 | 26.6 |
3 Associate professional occupations | 82,400 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Soc 2020 major group 4-5 | 141,800 | 20.7 | 18.9 | 18.3 |
4 Administrative & secretarial occupations | 72,000 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 |
5 Skilled trades occupations | 69,800 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
Soc 2020 major group 6-7 | 123,500 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 14.4 |
6 Caring, leisure and Other Service occupations | 78,200 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
7 Sales and customer service occs | 45,300 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 |
Soc 2020 major group 8-9 | 103,600 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.5 |
8 Process plant & machine operatives | 35,400 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
9 Elementary occupations | 68,200 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
Source: ONS annual population survey
Notes: Numbers and % are for those of 16+
% is a proportion of all persons in employment |
Lancashire (level) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
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RQF4 and above | 358,600 | 41.0 | 44.4 | 47.3 |
RQF3 and above | 560,000 | 64.0 | 65.8 | 67.8 |
RQF2 and above | 755,500 | 86.3 | 86.6 | 86.5 |
RQF1 and above | 783,500 | 89.5 | 89.6 | 89.0 |
Other qualifications | 38,300 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
No qualifications | 53,600 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
Source: ONS annual population survey
Notes: For an explanation of the qualification levels see the definitions section.
Numbers and % are for those of aged 16-64 % is a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64 |
Lancashire (pounds) |
North West (pounds) |
Great Britain (pounds) |
|
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Gross weekly pay | |||
Full-time workers | - | 649.0 | 682.6 |
Male full-time workers | - | 690.5 | 728.3 |
Female full-time workers | - | 598.2 | 628.8 |
Hourly pay - excluding overtime | |||
Full-time workers | - | 16.59 | 17.49 |
Male full-time workers | - | 17.24 | 18.15 |
Female full-time workers | - | 15.78 | 16.64 |
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis
- Data unavailable
Notes: Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.
figures for this table have been constructed on an Output Area basis |
Under Universal Credit a broader span of claimants are required to look for work than under Jobseeker's Allowance. As Universal Credit Full Service is rolled out in particular areas, the number of people recorded as being on the Claimant Count is therefore likely to rise.
Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
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All people | 43,870 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
Males | 24,355 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
Females | 19,515 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
Source: ONS Claimant count by sex and age
Note: % is the number of claimants as a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64 and gender
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Lancashire (level) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
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Aged 16+ | 43,870 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
Aged 16 to 17 | 105 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Aged 18 to 24 | 7,480 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
Aged 18 to 21 | 4,430 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
Aged 25 to 49 | 26,545 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
Aged 50+ | 9,740 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Source: ONS Claimant count by sex and age
Note: % is number of claimants as a proportion of resident population of the same age
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Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
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Total claimants | 117,710 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 11.0 |
By statistical group | ||||
Job seekers | 8,610 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
ESA and incapacity benefits | 69,780 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.1 |
Lone parents | 8,370 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Carers | 19,090 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Others on income related benefits | 2,100 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Disabled | 7,900 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Bereaved | 1,860 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Main out-of-work benefits† | 88,860 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 8.4 |
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group
† Main out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits. See the Definitions and Explanations below for details
Notes: % is a proportion of resident population of area aged 16-64 Figures in this table do not yet include claimants of Universal Credit |
Lancashire (jobs) |
Lancashire (density) |
North West (density) |
Great Britain (density) |
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Jobs density | 733,000 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.87 |
Source: ONS jobs density
Notes: The density figures represent the ratio of total jobs to population aged 16-64.
Total jobs includes employees, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces |
Lancashire (employee jobs) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (%) |
Great Britain (%) |
|
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Total employee jobs | 645,000 | - | - | - |
Full-time | 445,000 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 68.8 |
Part-time | 200,000 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.2 |
Employee jobs by industry | ||||
B : Mining and quarrying | 600 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
C : Manufacturing | 84,000 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.6 |
D : Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 2,250 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
E : Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 4,500 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
F : Construction | 36,000 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
G : Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 104,000 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 14.0 |
H : Transportation and storage | 22,000 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
I : Accommodation and food service activities | 55,000 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 |
J : Information and communication | 16,000 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
K : Financial and insurance activities | 9,000 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
L : Real estate activities | 8,000 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
M : Professional, scientific and technical activities | 40,000 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
N : Administrative and support service activities | 39,000 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 |
O : Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 38,000 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
P : Education | 56,000 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
Q : Human health and social work activities | 103,000 | 16.0 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
R : Arts, entertainment and recreation | 14,000 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
S : Other service activities | 11,000 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
Source: ONS Business Register and Employment Survey : open access
- Data unavailable
Notes: % is a proportion of total employee jobs excluding farm-based agriculture
Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces Data excludes farm-based agriculture |
Lancashire (pounds) |
North West (pounds) |
Great Britain (pounds) |
|
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Gross weekly pay | |||
Full-time workers | - | 646.3 | 682.6 |
Male full-time workers | - | 684.2 | 728.3 |
Female full-time workers | - | 597.8 | 629.1 |
Hourly pay - excluding overtime | |||
Full-time workers | - | 16.55 | 17.49 |
Male full-time workers | - | 17.11 | 18.14 |
Female full-time workers | - | 15.77 | 16.65 |
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis
Notes: Median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area.
figures for this table have been constructed on an Output Area basis |
Lancashire (numbers) |
Lancashire (%) |
North West (numbers) |
North West (%) |
|
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Enterprises | ||||
Micro (0 to 9) | 48,175 | 88.0 | 235,640 | 88.3 |
Small (10 to 49) | 5,445 | 9.9 | 25,715 | 9.6 |
Medium (50 to 249) | 940 | 1.7 | 4,490 | 1.7 |
Large (250+) | 205 | 0.4 | 1,110 | 0.4 |
Total | 54,765 | - | 266,950 | - |
Local Units | ||||
Micro (0 to 9) | 52,770 | 83.2 | 261,150 | 83.0 |
Small (10 to 49) | 8,680 | 13.7 | 42,810 | 13.6 |
Medium (50 to 249) | 1,770 | 2.8 | 9,155 | 2.9 |
Large (250+) | 220 | 0.3 | 1,365 | 0.4 |
Total | 63,440 | - | 314,475 | - |
Source: Inter Departmental Business Register (ONS)
Note: % is as a proportion of total (enterprises or local units)
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Labour supply consists of people who are employed, as well as those people defined as unemployed or economically inactive, who can be considered to be potential labour supply. Information in this section relates to the characteristics of people living in an area.
Most labour supply data comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the largest regular household survey in the United Kingdom. It includes data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), plus further sample boosts in England, Wales and Scotland. The survey includes data from a sample of around 256,000 people aged 16 and over.
As APS estimates are based on samples, they are subject to sampling variability. This means that if another sample for the same period were drawn, a different estimate might be produced. In general, the larger the number of people in a sample, the smaller the variation between estimates. Estimates for smaller areas such as local authorities are therefore less reliable than those for larger areas such as regions. When the sample size is too small to produce reliable estimates, the estimates are replaced with a #.
Qualifications data are only available from the APS for calendar year periods, for example, Jan to Dec 2022. From Jan to Dec 2022, qualifications are measured using the Registered Qualifications Framework (RQFs). Under RQFs, Trade Apprenticeships are accurately classified to the relevant levels. For Jan to Dec 2021 and prior, qualifications were measured using the National Vocational Qualifications framework (NVQs). The trade apprenticeships were split 50/50 between NVQ levels 2 and 3.
The variables show the total number of people who are qualified at a particular level and above, so data in this table are not additive. Separate figures for each RQF/NVQ level are available in the full Annual Population Survey data set (Query data).
The figures show the median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area who are on adults rates of pay and whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for earnings come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). The ASHE is based on a 1 per cent sample of employees, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained from employers. The survey does not cover self-employed. Information relates to a pay period in April.
The earnings information collected relates to gross pay before tax, national insurance or other deductions, and excludes payments in kind. It is restricted to earnings relating to the survey pay period and so excludes payments of arrears from another period made during the survey period; any payments due as a result of a pay settlement but not yet paid at the time of the survey will also be excluded.
The Claimant Count is the number of people claiming benefit principally for the reason of being unemployed. This is measured by combining the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and National Insurance credits with the number of people receiving Universal Credit principally for the reason of being unemployed. Claimants declare that they are out of work, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which the claim is made.
The measure of the number of people receiving Universal Credit principally for the reason of being unemployed is still being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions. Consequently this component of the total Claimant Count does not yet correctly reflect the target population of unemployed claimants and is subject to revisions. For this reason the Claimant Count is currently designated as Experimental Statistics.
The Claimant Count is mostly derived from DWP administrative systems. For various reasons, e.g. a claimant's National Insurance number is not known, a small number of claims have to be dealt with manually. These clerical claims do not have as much detail as the computerised claims and therefore, whilst part of the claimant count by sex table, cannot be included the age breakdown.
Unemployment benefits normally only apply to people aged 18 years and over. They can only be claimed by 16 and 17 year olds in exceptional circumstances. Consequently the counts for this age group are typically very low.
From August 2017 DWP discontinued this dataset when they changed the way they publish their benefit statistics. The last period of data is the November 2016 figures published in May 2017.
The number of working-age people who are claiming one or more main DWP benefits. The main benefits are: bereavement benefit, carer's allowance, disability living allowance, ESA and incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, income support, jobseeker's allowance, and widow's benefit. The age at which women reach State Pension age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2020. Throughout this period, only women below State Pension age are counted as working age benefit claimants."
The total count is broken down by statistical groups. These categorise each person according to the main reason why they are claiming benefit. Each client is classified to a single group.
Benefits are arranged hierarchically and claimants are assigned to a group according to the top most benefit they receive. Thus a person who is a lone parent and receives Incapacity Benefit would be classified as incapacity benefits. Consequently, the group lone parent will not contain all lone parents as some will be included in the incapacity benefits group and Job seekers groups.
Main out-of-work benefits consists of the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits.
These groups have been chosen to best represent a count of all those benefit recipients who cannot be in full-time employment as part of their condition of entitlement. Those claiming solely Bereavement Benefits or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are not included as these are not out-of-work or income based benefits. DLA is paid to those needing help with personal care. These people can, and some will, be in full-time employment. If DLA claimants are also in receipt of JSA, IS, ESA or Incapacity Benefits in addition to DLA they will be counted under the relevant statistical group. In addition, we exclude those claiming solely carer's benefits or claiming carer's benefits alongside income support, as DWP does not pursue active labour market policies for this group. Carers benefits are paid to those with full time caring responsibilities. The group entitled to Carer's benefits alongside Income Support (IS) includes around 86,000 claimants and has been stable over time.
This Nomis series is different to that published in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Market Bulletin. The Nomis series uses DWP Jobseeker's Allowance numbers, whilst the Labour Market Bulletin uses the Claimant Count, using different methods, coverage and reference periods
Labour demand includes jobs available within the area.
The level of jobs per resident aged 16-64. For example, a job density of 1.0 would mean that there is one job for every resident aged 16-64.
The total number of jobs is a workplace-based measure and comprises employee jobs, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces. The number of residents aged 16-64 figures used to calculate jobs densities are based on the relevant mid-year population estimates.
The number of jobs held by employees. Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces, so this count will be smaller than the total jobs figure shown in the Jobs density table. The information comes from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) - an employer survey conducted in September of each year. The BRES records a job at the location of an employee's workplace (rather than at the location of the business's main office).
The figures show the median earnings in pounds for employees working in the area who are on adults rates of pay and whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for earnings come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). The ASHE is based on a 1 per cent sample of employees, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained from employers. The survey does not cover self-employed. In 2004 information related to the pay period which included 21 April.
The earnings information collected relates to gross pay before tax, national insurance or other deductions, and excludes payments in kind. It is restricted to earnings relating to the survey pay period and so excludes payments of arrears from another period made during the survey period; any payments due as a result of a pay settlement but not yet paid at the time of the survey will also be excluded.
The data contained in the table are compiled from an extract taken from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the position of units as at March of the reference year. The IDBR contains information on VAT traders and PAYE employers in a statistical register which provides the basis for the Office for National Statistics to conduct surveys of businesses.
The table presents analysis of businesses at both Enterprise and Local Unit level. An Enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) which has a certain degree of autonomy within an Enterprise Group. An individual site (for example a factory or shop) in an enterprise is called a local unit.
The employment information on the IDBR is drawn mainly from the Business Register Employment Survey (BRES). Because this is based on a sample of enterprises, estimates from previous returns and from other ONS surveys have also been used. For the smallest units, either PAYE jobs or employment imputed from VAT turnover is used.
Estimates in the table are rounded to prevent disclosure.
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