Local Employment
Local employment rates vary between 58.1% and 86.7%
Range of working age employment rates within English regions and GB countries, April 2008 to March 2009
The local authority with the highest employment rate in Great Britain was Gosport in Hampshire, with a rate of 86.7 per cent.
Differences in employment rates in local areas within regions are greater than differences between regions. In the 12 months ending March 2009, the greatest contrast between local authorities was in London. The region contains Newham, with the lowest working age employment rate in Great Britain (58.1 per cent), and the City of London at 82.3 per cent.
Excluding the City of London, because of its unique labour market, the difference between the highest and lowest working age employment rates in London was 19.8 percentage points. After the City, the London boroughs with the highest working age employment rates were Wandsworth and Havering, both at 77.9 per cent.
The region with the narrowest spread of working age employment rates is Wales, with 14.3 percentage points between Flintshire (78.7 per cent) and Blaenau Gwent (64.4 per cent).
In comparison, at regional level, there are 8.5 percentage points between the lowest working-age employment rate (70.1 per cent), for London, and the highest working-age employment rate (78.6 per cent), for the South East.
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
These estimates come from the Annual Population Survey, which is compiled on a 12 month basis every quarter, from the main Labour Force Survey, together with additional interviews in England, Wales and Scotland. National and regional estimates from the main LFS are published each month in the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.
Working-age is defined as males aged between 16 and 64 and females aged between 16 and 59.
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