Unemployment in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Unemployment
Creator: Office for National Statistics
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All 322 local authorities in England, ranked by unemployment. Data: Office for National Statistics (2021), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Unemployment
1	Birmingham	8.0%
2	Newcastle upon Tyne	7.6%
3	Barking and Dagenham	7.6%
4	Redbridge	7.4%
5	Middlesbrough	7.3%
6	Enfield	7.1%
7	Hartlepool	6.8%
8	Leicester	6.8%
9	Ealing	6.7%
10	Manchester	6.6%
11	Croydon	6.6%
12	Waltham Forest	6.6%
13	Oldham	6.5%
14	Rochdale	6.5%
15	Walsall	6.5%
16	Wolverhampton	6.5%
17	Barnet	6.4%
18	Brent	6.4%
19	Greenwich	6.4%
20	South Tyneside	6.3%
21	East Lindsey	6.3%
22	Hounslow	6.3%
23	Slough	6.2%
24	Blackpool	6.1%
25	Burnley	6.1%
26	Nottingham	6.1%
27	Hillingdon	6.1%
28	Blackburn with Darwen	6.0%
29	Luton	6.0%
30	Newham	6.0%
31	Thanet	6.0%
32	Redcar and Cleveland	5.9%
33	Gateshead	5.9%
34	Sunderland	5.9%
35	Tower Hamlets	5.9%
36	Harrow	5.9%
37	Bradford	5.8%
38	Sandwell	5.8%
39	Haringey	5.8%
40	Pendle	5.7%
41	Liverpool	5.7%
42	Mansfield	5.7%
43	Stockton-on-Tees	5.6%
44	North Tyneside	5.6%
45	Derby	5.6%
46	Bolton	5.5%
47	Coventry	5.5%
48	Hastings	5.5%
49	Boston	5.4%
50	County Durham	5.3%
51	Darlington	5.3%
52	Salford	5.3%
53	Lincoln	5.3%
54	Northampton	5.3%
55	Kensington and Chelsea	5.3%
56	Northumberland	5.2%
57	Hyndburn	5.2%
58	Leeds	5.2%
59	Wellingborough	5.2%
60	Hammersmith and Fulham	5.2%
61	Lewisham	5.2%
62	Merton	5.2%
63	Southampton	5.2%
64	Kirklees	5.1%
65	Gedling	5.1%
66	Bexley	5.1%
67	Sutton	5.1%
68	Islington	5.0%
69	Southwark	5.0%
70	Westminster	5.0%
71	Lancaster	4.9%
72	Preston	4.9%
73	Kingston upon Hull	4.9%
74	Sheffield	4.9%
75	Havering	4.9%
76	Isle of Wight	4.9%
77	Tendring	4.8%
78	Hackney	4.8%
79	Lambeth	4.8%
80	Brighton and Hove	4.8%
81	Eastbourne	4.8%
82	Doncaster	4.7%
83	Newark and Sherwood	4.7%
84	Peterborough	4.7%
85	Thurrock	4.7%
86	Great Yarmouth	4.7%
87	Camden	4.7%
88	Bromley	4.7%
89	Portsmouth	4.7%
90	Dover	4.7%
91	Calderdale	4.6%
92	Southend-on-Sea	4.6%
93	Ashford	4.6%
94	Dartford	4.6%
95	Bedford	4.5%
96	Richmond upon Thames	4.5%
97	Bury	4.4%
98	Harlow	4.4%
99	Oxford	4.4%
100	Worthing	4.4%
101	Stockport	4.3%
102	Rotherham	4.3%
103	Kettering	4.3%
104	Stoke-on-Trent	4.3%
105	Solihull	4.3%
106	Wyre Forest	4.3%
107	Fenland	4.3%
108	Basildon	4.3%
109	Stevenage	4.3%
110	Watford	4.3%
111	Wandsworth	4.3%
112	Kingston upon Thames	4.3%
113	Gravesham	4.3%
114	Folkestone and Hythe	4.3%
115	Chesterfield	4.2%
116	West Lindsey	4.2%
117	Norwich	4.2%
118	Gosport	4.2%
119	Sevenoaks	4.2%
120	Barrow-in-Furness	4.1%
121	Fylde	4.1%
122	Knowsley	4.1%
123	Barnsley	4.1%
124	Blaby	4.1%
125	Broxtowe	4.1%
126	Dudley	4.1%
127	Broxbourne	4.1%
128	Medway	4.1%
129	Reading	4.1%
130	North East Lincolnshire	4.0%
131	Melton	4.0%
132	South Holland	4.0%
133	Corby	4.0%
134	Lichfield	4.0%
135	Tamworth	4.0%
136	Malvern Hills	4.0%
137	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	4.0%
138	Wycombe	4.0%
139	Swale	4.0%
140	Spelthorne	4.0%
141	Crawley	4.0%
142	Bristol	4.0%
143	Halton	3.9%
144	Tameside	3.9%
145	Trafford	3.9%
146	West Lancashire	3.9%
147	Wyre	3.9%
148	St. Helens	3.9%
149	High Peak	3.9%
150	Telford and Wrekin	3.9%
151	Redditch	3.9%
152	Castle Point	3.9%
153	Lewes	3.9%
154	Chichester	3.9%
155	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3.9%
156	Plymouth	3.9%
157	Torbay	3.9%
158	Chorley	3.8%
159	Sefton	3.8%
160	Wirral	3.8%
161	Wakefield	3.8%
162	South Derbyshire	3.8%
163	Hinckley and Bosworth	3.8%
164	Oadby and Wigston	3.8%
165	Epping Forest	3.8%
166	Milton Keynes	3.8%
167	Canterbury	3.8%
168	Tunbridge Wells	3.8%
169	Runnymede	3.8%
170	Adur	3.8%
171	Arun	3.8%
172	Swindon	3.8%
173	Cheshire East	3.7%
174	Wigan	3.7%
175	North Lincolnshire	3.7%
176	Charnwood	3.7%
177	East Northamptonshire	3.7%
178	Shropshire	3.7%
179	Cannock Chase	3.7%
180	Brentwood	3.7%
181	Breckland	3.7%
182	East Suffolk	3.7%
183	Ipswich	3.7%
184	Windsor and Maidenhead	3.7%
185	Woking	3.7%
186	Somerset West and Taunton	3.7%
187	Cheshire West and Chester	3.6%
188	Rossendale	3.6%
189	Scarborough	3.6%
190	Rutland	3.6%
191	Ashfield	3.6%
192	Bassetlaw	3.6%
193	Rugby	3.6%
194	Warwick	3.6%
195	Worcester	3.6%
196	Chelmsford	3.6%
197	Colchester	3.6%
198	Hertsmere	3.6%
199	North Norfolk	3.6%
200	West Suffolk	3.6%
201	Buckinghamshire	3.6%
202	Rother	3.6%
203	Basingstoke and Deane	3.6%
204	Maidstone	3.6%
205	North Northamptonshire	3.6%
206	West Northamptonshire	3.6%
207	Warrington	3.5%
208	Allerdale	3.5%
209	South Ribble	3.5%
210	East Riding of Yorkshire	3.5%
211	Erewash	3.5%
212	South Kesteven	3.5%
213	Newcastle-under-Lyme	3.5%
214	South Staffordshire	3.5%
215	Stratford-on-Avon	3.5%
216	Dacorum	3.5%
217	Bracknell Forest	3.5%
218	Aylesbury Vale	3.5%
219	Wealden	3.5%
220	Fareham	3.5%
221	New Forest	3.5%
222	Horsham	3.5%
223	Cornwall	3.5%
224	Ryedale	3.4%
225	Selby	3.4%
226	Amber Valley	3.4%
227	Derbyshire Dales	3.4%
228	North West Leicestershire	3.4%
229	Herefordshire	3.4%
230	Stafford	3.4%
231	Bromsgrove	3.4%
232	Cambridge	3.4%
233	Huntingdonshire	3.4%
234	Maldon	3.4%
235	Three Rivers	3.4%
236	Babergh	3.4%
237	South Bucks	3.4%
238	Hart	3.4%
239	Havant	3.4%
240	Vale of White Horse	3.4%
241	Mendip	3.4%
242	Somerset	3.4%
243	Carlisle	3.3%
244	Bolsover	3.3%
245	East Staffordshire	3.3%
246	Nuneaton and Bedworth	3.3%
247	Wychavon	3.3%
248	North Hertfordshire	3.3%
249	South Norfolk	3.3%
250	East Hampshire	3.3%
251	Gloucester	3.3%
252	South Somerset	3.3%
253	Hambleton	3.2%
254	Harborough	3.2%
255	North Kesteven	3.2%
256	North Warwickshire	3.2%
257	Welwyn Hatfield	3.2%
258	Mid Suffolk	3.2%
259	Eastleigh	3.2%
260	West Oxfordshire	3.2%
261	Exeter	3.2%
262	Forest of Dean	3.2%
263	Cumberland	3.2%
264	Westmorland and Furness	3.2%
265	Ribble Valley	3.1%
266	Daventry	3.1%
267	Rushcliffe	3.1%
268	Staffordshire Moorlands	3.1%
269	Central Bedfordshire	3.1%
270	Braintree	3.1%
271	Rochford	3.1%
272	Broadland	3.1%
273	Chiltern	3.1%
274	Rushmoor	3.1%
275	Cherwell	3.1%
276	South Oxfordshire	3.1%
277	Elmbridge	3.1%
278	Epsom and Ewell	3.1%
279	Mole Valley	3.1%
280	Waverley	3.1%
281	Dorset	3.1%
282	Teignbridge	3.1%
283	Stroud	3.1%
284	Tewkesbury	3.1%
285	Sedgemoor	3.1%
286	North Yorkshire	3.1%
287	South Northamptonshire	3.0%
288	Uttlesford	3.0%
289	East Hertfordshire	3.0%
290	West Berkshire	3.0%
291	Tonbridge and Malling	3.0%
292	Bath and North East Somerset	3.0%
293	North Somerset	3.0%
294	Mid Devon	3.0%
295	West Devon	3.0%
296	Eden	2.9%
297	York	2.9%
298	Harrogate	2.9%
299	East Cambridgeshire	2.9%
300	South Cambridgeshire	2.9%
301	Test Valley	2.9%
302	Reigate and Banstead	2.9%
303	East Devon	2.9%
304	North Devon	2.9%
305	Cheltenham	2.9%
306	South Lakeland	2.8%
307	Richmondshire	2.8%
308	North East Derbyshire	2.8%
309	St Albans	2.8%
310	Wokingham	2.8%
311	Guildford	2.8%
312	Surrey Heath	2.8%
313	Torridge	2.8%
314	Copeland	2.7%
315	Winchester	2.7%
316	Tandridge	2.7%
317	Mid Sussex	2.7%
318	Wiltshire	2.7%
319	South Hams	2.7%
320	South Gloucestershire	2.6%
321	Craven	2.4%
322	Cotswold	2.4%