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Annual Population Survey: summary of economic activity by ethnicity

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Year	Shown in table	All 89 values	Change values
Geography	Shown in table	All 26 values	Change values
Age	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Ethnicity	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	All 9 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [u] = low reliability, [x] = not available.

Data values	Data description	Year	Geography	Age	Ethnicity
43,199,100	Population	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
27,063,500	Economic activity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
25,818,100	Employment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
1,245,400	Unemployment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
16,135,600	Economic inactivity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
62.6	Economic activity rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
59.8	Employment rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
4.6	Unemployment rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
37.4	Economic inactivity rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	White
3,052,600	Population	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,811,200	Economic activity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,606,700	Employment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
204,500	Unemployment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
1,241,400	Economic inactivity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
59.3	Economic activity rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
52.6	Employment rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
11.3	Unemployment rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
40.7	Economic inactivity rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Black, Asian and minority ethnic
46,293,500	Population	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
28,883,400	Economic activity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
27,433,100	Employment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
1,450,300	Unemployment level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
17,410,200	Economic inactivity level	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
62.4	Economic activity rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total
59.3	Employment rate	2001	United Kingdom	Aged 16 and over	Total

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Next update expected:21 October 2026

Updates

• 22nd July 2026:

  Quarterly update

• 22nd April 2026:

  Quarterly update

• 21st January 2026:

  Quarterly update

• 26th September 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source: Annual Population Survey (APS)
• Dataset ID: cfe63b4c-6cd4-40c9-8811-77796f7ab192

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The data in this dataset relates to the economic activity of persons by ethnicity.

• Data collection or calculation:

  These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 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 2001 to 2003 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).

  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.

  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.

  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.

• 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.

• Related reports:
  • Labour market statistics (Annual Population Survey)

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: labourmarket.stats@gov.wales