Labour market statistics
16 April 2024
The latest summary Claimant Count and unemployment statistics for our City and County are:
Claimant Count total* (14 March 2024): 5,300; rate: 3.6%
Change (month): +65 (+1.2%); (year): -165 (-3.0%).
Unemployment estimate** (survey year to December 2023): 4,700; rate: 3.8%
Change (year): +300 (+6.8%). 95% confidence interval (year to Dec-23): +/-1,200 (people); +/-1.1% (rate).
Our latest quarterly Labour Market Statistics (PDF) [491KB] bulletin summarises the local and national data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in April 2024.
Page 1 includes a brief statistical summary of Swansea's labour market (for the survey period ending December 2023) and the Claimant Count unemployment data for the City & County of Swansea, the Travel to Work Area, local Constituency Areas and equivalent Wales and UK figures as at 14 March 2024, together with the seasonally adjusted claimant count data (Wales and UK only). Page 2 of the bulletin includes the Claimant Count data for Swansea's Electoral Wards, ranked in order of unemployment rate (high to low).
The latest national statistics for a range of key labour market and economic variables are available via the ONS website links below:
- UK Labour Market, including economic activity and employment, vacancies, earnings
- Regional Labour Market - Wales
- UK Consumer Price Inflation
- Retail Sales (GB)
- Quarterly National Accounts, including Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Further local and national labour market and economic data is also available in the Swansea Economic Profile. If you have any further enquiries regarding local labour market and economic statistics, please contact us.
Notes
* The Claimant Count includes people who claim Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), plus claimants of Universal Credit who are required to seek work. The claimant rate is expressed as a proportion of the resident working age population, defined as all people aged 16-64. The Claimant Count data is currently published on the basis of the wards that existed prior to the local government elections in May 2022. Claimant Count statistics are currently designated 'experimental statistics' by ONS.
** Model-based estimates of unemployment are based on Annual Population Survey (APS) and Claimant Count data. The estimate is for the 12-month period prior to the given date. The rate is the number unemployed divided by the economically active population aged 16 and over.
Data source: Claimant Count and Annual Population Survey, ONS/Nomis.