Annual Population Survey Household Data, 2009

The latest Annual Population Survey (APS) households’ results cover 2009.  This dataset enables household analyses to be carried out at a Local Authority level, including details of people in workless households, children in workless households, lone parents and housing tenure.  The latest release updates the bulletin previously released on 10 November 2009.

• In 2009, 22.9 per cent of households in Wales were workless.  This compares with 18.7 per cent of households in the United Kingdom.
• In 2009, Blaenau Gwent and Neath Port Talbot had the largest percentages of workless households, at 31.7 per cent and 30.2 per cent respectively. Flintshire (13.6 per cent) and Monmouthshire (15.4 per cent) had the lowest percentages of workless households.
• In 2009, 19.9 per cent of children in Wales lived in a workless household compared with 16.3 per cent in the United Kingdom.
• The overall percentage of lone parent families is higher in Wales (9.4%) than in the UK (8.4%). The highest percentages of lone parent households were found in Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Torfaen and Swansea.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5817
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)