Claimant count data by Welsh local area and month (not seasonally adjusted)

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Data valuesData descriptionDateGeographySex
1,667,655 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomPersons
929,060 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomMales
738,595 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomFemales
63,395 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesPersons
36,240 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesMales
27,150 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesFemales
12,895 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WalesPersons
7,360 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WalesMales
5,535 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WalesFemales
1,350 [p]LevelNovember 2025Isle of AngleseyPersons
780 [p]LevelNovember 2025Isle of AngleseyMales
570 [p]LevelNovember 2025Isle of AngleseyFemales
2,095 [p]LevelNovember 2025GwyneddPersons
1,160 [p]LevelNovember 2025GwyneddMales
930 [p]LevelNovember 2025GwyneddFemales
2,315 [p]LevelNovember 2025ConwyPersons
1,340 [p]LevelNovember 2025ConwyMales
970 [p]LevelNovember 2025ConwyFemales
1,980 [p]LevelNovember 2025DenbighshirePersons
1,160 [p]LevelNovember 2025DenbighshireMales
820 [p]LevelNovember 2025DenbighshireFemales
2,685 [p]LevelNovember 2025FlintshirePersons
1,455 [p]LevelNovember 2025FlintshireMales
1,225 [p]LevelNovember 2025FlintshireFemales
2,475 [p]LevelNovember 2025WrexhamPersons
1,460 [p]LevelNovember 2025WrexhamMales
1,020 [p]LevelNovember 2025WrexhamFemales
2,965 [p]LevelNovember 2025Mid WalesPersons
1,620 [p]LevelNovember 2025Mid WalesMales
1,345 [p]LevelNovember 2025Mid WalesFemales
1,885 [p]LevelNovember 2025PowysPersons
1,005 [p]LevelNovember 2025PowysMales
880 [p]LevelNovember 2025PowysFemales
1,080 [p]LevelNovember 2025CeredigionPersons
620 [p]LevelNovember 2025CeredigionMales
465 [p]LevelNovember 2025CeredigionFemales
13,380 [p]LevelNovember 2025South West WalesPersons
7,720 [p]LevelNovember 2025South West WalesMales
5,660 [p]LevelNovember 2025South West WalesFemales
2,385 [p]LevelNovember 2025PembrokeshirePersons
1,335 [p]LevelNovember 2025PembrokeshireMales
1,050 [p]LevelNovember 2025PembrokeshireFemales
3,210 [p]LevelNovember 2025CarmarthenshirePersons
1,820 [p]LevelNovember 2025CarmarthenshireMales
1,390 [p]LevelNovember 2025CarmarthenshireFemales
5,100 [p]LevelNovember 2025SwanseaPersons
3,015 [p]LevelNovember 2025SwanseaMales
2,085 [p]LevelNovember 2025SwanseaFemales
2,685 [p]LevelNovember 2025Neath Port TalbotPersons
1,550 [p]LevelNovember 2025Neath Port TalbotMales
1,135 [p]LevelNovember 2025Neath Port TalbotFemales
34,575 [p]LevelNovember 2025South East WalesPersons
19,845 [p]LevelNovember 2025South East WalesMales
14,730 [p]LevelNovember 2025South East WalesFemales
2,655 [p]LevelNovember 2025BridgendPersons
1,500 [p]LevelNovember 2025BridgendMales
1,155 [p]LevelNovember 2025BridgendFemales
2,595 [p]LevelNovember 2025Vale of GlamorganPersons
1,455 [p]LevelNovember 2025Vale of GlamorganMales
1,140 [p]LevelNovember 2025Vale of GlamorganFemales
4,610 [p]LevelNovember 2025Rhondda Cynon TafPersons
2,635 [p]LevelNovember 2025Rhondda Cynon TafMales
1,980 [p]LevelNovember 2025Rhondda Cynon TafFemales
1,185 [p]LevelNovember 2025Merthyr TydfilPersons
655 [p]LevelNovember 2025Merthyr TydfilMales
530 [p]LevelNovember 2025Merthyr TydfilFemales
3,775 [p]LevelNovember 2025CaerphillyPersons
2,105 [p]LevelNovember 2025CaerphillyMales
1,670 [p]LevelNovember 2025CaerphillyFemales
1,635 [p]LevelNovember 2025Blaenau GwentPersons
930 [p]LevelNovember 2025Blaenau GwentMales
705 [p]LevelNovember 2025Blaenau GwentFemales
2,055 [p]LevelNovember 2025TorfaenPersons
1,155 [p]LevelNovember 2025TorfaenMales
900 [p]LevelNovember 2025TorfaenFemales
1,265 [p]LevelNovember 2025MonmouthshirePersons
710 [p]LevelNovember 2025MonmouthshireMales
555 [p]LevelNovember 2025MonmouthshireFemales
4,595 [p]LevelNovember 2025NewportPersons
2,590 [p]LevelNovember 2025NewportMales
2,005 [p]LevelNovember 2025NewportFemales
9,785 [p]LevelNovember 2025CardiffPersons
5,810 [p]LevelNovember 2025CardiffMales
3,975 [p]LevelNovember 2025CardiffFemales
1,650,220 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomPersons
913,195 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomMales
737,030 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomFemales
62,360 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesPersons
35,350 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesMales
27,010 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesFemales
12,585 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WalesPersons
7,195 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WalesMales
5,390 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WalesFemales
1,300 [r]LevelOctober 2025Isle of AngleseyPersons
780 [r]LevelOctober 2025Isle of AngleseyMales
520 [r]LevelOctober 2025Isle of AngleseyFemales
1,930 [r]LevelOctober 2025GwyneddPersons
1,085 [r]LevelOctober 2025GwyneddMales
840 [r]LevelOctober 2025GwyneddFemales
2,270 [r]LevelOctober 2025ConwyPersons
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Next update expected:22 January 2026

Updates

18th December 2025

Monthly update

13th November 2025
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16th October 2025
14th October 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics in development
Data provider
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Data source
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This experimental series counts the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance plus those who claim Universal Credit who are out of work and replaces the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance as the headline indicator of the number of people claiming benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed.

Data collection or calculation

The data are published monthly and are NOT seasonally adjusted. The headline measure for the claimant count rate is based on the number of claimants who are resident in area as a percentage of workforce jobs plus the claimant count.

The rate given in this dataset is expressed as a percentage of resident population aged 16-64 estimates, in order to provide information for Welsh local areas.

Statistical quality

There are two standard measures of unemployment used in official UK statistics the UK, namely the experimental claimant count and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) unemployment measure. The measures are different and are each subject to advantages and disadvantages. The former is a count of all persons claiming jobseeker’s allowance and out of work universal credit claimants. As such it is not subject to sampling variability and can therefore be disaggregated to very high levels of detail. However, it excludes those who are unemployed who are not eligible to claim (for example those out of work but whose partner works), and those who do not wish to claim.

The ILO measure, which is a count of those who are out of work and want a job, have actively sought work in the last 4 weeks and are available to start work in the next two weeks; plus those who are out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start in the next 2 weeks, is a more encompassing measure of unemployment. However, 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 local authority data are subject to higher variability than Wales data.

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labourmarket.stats@gov.wales

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