Claimant Count in South EastLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Claimant Count
Creator: Office for National Statistics
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

All 64 local authorities in South East, ranked by claimants, % of residents aged 16 to 64. Data: Office for National Statistics (2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Claimants, % of residents aged 16 to 64
1	Slough	6.0%
2	Thanet	5.3%
3	Hastings	5.2%
4	Eastbourne	4.9%
5	Portsmouth	4.7%
6	Crawley	4.6%
7	Brighton and Hove	4.4%
8	Reading	4.4%
9	Medway	4.3%
10	Southampton	4.3%
11	Gravesham	4.3%
12	Isle of Wight	4.1%
13	Milton Keynes	4.1%
14	Folkestone and Hythe	3.9%
15	Gosport	3.8%
16	Arun	3.8%
17	Spelthorne	3.7%
18	Lewes	3.6%
19	Dover	3.6%
20	Swale	3.6%
21	Havant	3.4%
22	Maidstone	3.4%
23	Rother	3.3%
24	Canterbury	3.3%
25	Chichester	3.3%
26	Worthing	3.3%
27	Dartford	3.2%
28	Adur	3.2%
29	Rushmoor	3.1%
30	Buckinghamshire	3.0%
31	Ashford	3.0%
32	Woking	2.8%
33	Bracknell Forest	2.7%
34	Basingstoke and Deane	2.7%
35	Windsor and Maidenhead	2.6%
36	Tunbridge Wells	2.6%
37	Oxford	2.6%
38	Tandridge	2.6%
39	West Berkshire	2.5%
40	Wealden	2.5%
41	Tonbridge and Malling	2.5%
42	Runnymede	2.5%
43	New Forest	2.4%
44	Cherwell	2.4%
45	Elmbridge	2.4%
46	Eastleigh	2.3%
47	Sevenoaks	2.3%
48	Surrey Heath	2.3%
49	Epsom and Ewell	2.2%
50	Reigate and Banstead	2.2%
51	Fareham	2.1%
52	Vale of White Horse	2.1%
53	Wokingham	2.0%
54	East Hampshire	2.0%
55	Test Valley	2.0%
56	Winchester	2.0%
57	Guildford	2.0%
58	Horsham	2.0%
59	Mid Sussex	2.0%
60	South Oxfordshire	1.9%
61	West Oxfordshire	1.9%
62	Mole Valley	1.9%
63	Waverley	1.9%
64	Hart	1.8%