Annual Population Survey: summary of economic activity by disabled status

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Data valuesData descriptionYearGeographySexDisabled statusAge
51,378,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsTotalAged 16 and over
40,560,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsTotalAged 16 to 64
38,766,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsTotalWorking age
10,311,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsDisabledAged 16 and over
6,892,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsDisabledAged 16 to 64
6,317,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsDisabledWorking age
37,679,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsNot disabledAged 16 and over
33,371,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsNot disabledAged 16 to 64
32,168,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomPersonsNot disabledWorking age
25,029,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesTotalAged 16 and over
20,111,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesTotalAged 16 to 64
20,111,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesTotalWorking age
4,622,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesDisabledAged 16 and over
3,123,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
3,123,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesDisabledWorking age
18,897,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
16,852,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
16,852,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomMalesNot disabledWorking age
26,349,500PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesTotalAged 16 and over
20,449,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesTotalAged 16 to 64
18,655,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesTotalWorking age
5,689,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesDisabledAged 16 and over
3,768,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
3,193,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesDisabledWorking age
18,781,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
16,518,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
15,315,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014United KingdomFemalesNot disabledWorking age
2,495,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsTotalAged 16 and over
1,912,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsTotalAged 16 to 64
1,815,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsTotalWorking age
512,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsDisabledAged 16 and over
388,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsDisabledAged 16 to 64
350,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsDisabledWorking age
1,629,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsNot disabledAged 16 and over
1,511,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsNot disabledAged 16 to 64
1,453,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesPersonsNot disabledWorking age
1,216,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesTotalAged 16 and over
948,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesTotalAged 16 to 64
948,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesTotalWorking age
227,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesDisabledAged 16 and over
171,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
171,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesDisabledWorking age
830,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
772,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
772,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesMalesNot disabledWorking age
1,278,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesTotalAged 16 and over
963,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesTotalAged 16 to 64
866,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesTotalWorking age
285,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesDisabledAged 16 and over
216,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
178,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesDisabledWorking age
799,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
738,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
681,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014WalesFemalesNot disabledWorking age
1,577,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsTotalAged 16 and over
1,193,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsTotalAged 16 to 64
1,130,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsTotalWorking age
342,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsDisabledAged 16 and over
259,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsDisabledAged 16 to 64
232,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsDisabledWorking age
999,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsNot disabledAged 16 and over
925,200PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsNot disabledAged 16 to 64
889,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysPersonsNot disabledWorking age
768,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesTotalAged 16 and over
592,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesTotalAged 16 to 64
592,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesTotalWorking age
153,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesDisabledAged 16 and over
115,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
115,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesDisabledWorking age
508,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
472,500PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
472,500PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysMalesNot disabledWorking age
808,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesTotalAged 16 and over
601,300PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesTotalAged 16 to 64
538,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesTotalWorking age
188,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesDisabledAged 16 and over
143,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
116,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesDisabledWorking age
490,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
452,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
417,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014West Wales and the ValleysFemalesNot disabledWorking age
918,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsTotalAged 16 and over
718,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsTotalAged 16 to 64
685,100PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsTotalWorking age
170,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsDisabledAged 16 and over
128,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsDisabledAged 16 to 64
117,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsDisabledWorking age
629,700PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsNot disabledAged 16 and over
585,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsNot disabledAged 16 to 64
563,800PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesPersonsNot disabledWorking age
448,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesTotalAged 16 and over
356,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesTotalAged 16 to 64
356,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesTotalWorking age
73,600PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesDisabledAged 16 and over
56,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesDisabledAged 16 to 64
56,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesDisabledWorking age
321,400PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesNot disabledAged 16 and over
299,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesNot disabledAged 16 to 64
299,900PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesMalesNot disabledWorking age
470,000PopulationYear ending 31 Mar 2014East WalesFemalesTotalAged 16 and over
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Main information

Most recent update
16 October 2025
Next update expected
January 2026
Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source
Annual Population Survey (APS)

Data notes

Revisions
  • 16 October 2025
  • 9 October 2025
  • 26 September 2025
Rounding applied

Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and so there may be some apparent slight discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown.

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The data in this dataset relates to the economic activity of persons by disabled status. As the question on disability only covers people of working age in the survey, this dataset is restricted to analysis of the working age population. Data for the population aged 16 and over, which are also usually considered when measuring economic activity, are not available.

NOTE From 2010-2020 the female state pension age is changing from 60 to 65. The ONS changed the routing of the disability questions so that from 2010 all persons aged 16-64 were asked those questions, prior to that they were only asked to those aged 16/59(f)/64(m) and to those in employment. Therefore data prior to 2010 is on a working age basis (16-59/64) and data after that is available on both a 16-64 and a working age basis. Comparisons should not be made between the working age data prior to 2010 and the 16-64 data after 2010. For a long run series the working age data should be used.

In April 2013 the Office for National Statistics (ONS)’s Annual Population Survey (APS) adopted a new standardised question on individuals with health problems. This has led to a discontinuity in the series between responses for March 2013 and April 2013. This will lead to the datasets for July 2012 to June 2013, October 2012 to September 2013 and January 2013 to December 2013 containing responses on two different basis over the period of each dataset. Due to this discontinuity, WG has decided to follow ONS' approach to suspend this series until a full year’s data is available on the APS and will launch a new series based on the new questions from the April 2013 to March 2014 APS. These new series will still be discontinuous when compared with the old series but will be internally consistent.

Data collection or calculation

The local authority and Wales figures for 2001, 2002 and 2003 in these tables may not be the same as published elsewhere, as the numbers here are estimated using Welsh specific weights. These weights better reflect the population estimates for Welsh local authorities in these years.

These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), providing labour market data by disability status back to 1998 for the NUTS2 areas in Wales, and back to 2001 for the local authorities in Wales. The availability of local authority data is dependent upon on an enhanced sample (around 350 per cent larger) for the annual LFS, which commenced in 2001.

For years labelled 1998 to 2004 in this dataset, the actual periods covered are the 12 months running from March in the year given to February in the following year (e.g. 2001 = 1 March 2001 to 28 February 2002).

Since 2004, the annual data have been produced on a rolling annual basis, updated every three months, and the dataset is now referred to as the Annual Population Survey (APS). The rolling annual averages are on a calendar basis with the first rolling annual average presented here covering the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004, followed by data covering the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005, with rolling quarterly updates applied thereafter.

Note therefore that the consecutive rolling annual averages overlap by nine months, and there is also a two-month overlap between the last period presented on the former March to February basis, and the first period on the new basis.

The data in this dataset relates to the economic activity of persons by disabled status. As the question on disability only covers people of working age in the survey, this dataset is restricted to analysis of the working age population. Data for the population aged 16 and over, which are also usually considered when measuring economic activity, are not available.

Nomis is the ONS's official portal for labour market statistics. Note that some estimates from Nomis for the APS may differ slightly from those presented here due to differences in how local authority geographies are constructed.

Statistical quality

Annual Population Survey (APS) responses are weighted to official population projections. The projections for 2020 were 2018-based, and, therefore, were based on demographic trends that pre-dated the COVID-19 pandemic. To allow for different trends during the pandemic the responses for the APS have been reweighted on the 9 September 2021 to new populations derived using growth rates from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Real Time Information (RTI). The reweighting has been applied from year ending March 2020 data onwards and gives improved estimates of both rates and levels. The changes ONS have made to the weighting should reduce the bias of estimates at high levels of aggregation. Some smaller breakdowns may be impacted negatively and more extreme changes could be seen given the reduced size of the underlying sample since the start of the pandemic. As the data come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example individual local authority data are subject to higher variability than Wales data.

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Contact email
labourmarket.stats@gov.wales

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