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Annual Population Survey, Year to 30 September 2011

The latest Annual Population Survey results produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 22 March 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

UK Statistics Authority website The latest Annual Population Survey (APS) results cover the year ended 30 September 2011.  The APS combines the boosted samples of the Labour Force Survey and provides rolling four-quarter labour market data for UK countries and regions and also for local areas.  For Wales, the APS consists of a sample of about 16,000 households every year.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 15 December 2011.

The key labour market results from the latest release are:

  • The employment rate for 16-64 year olds in West Wales and the Valleys was 64.4 per cent, whilst that for East Wales was 69.2 per cent (Wales: 66.2 per cent, UK:  69.9 per cent).
  • In West Wales and the Valleys, the employment rate fell 0.6 percentage points since 2001.  In East Wales it was down 1.6 percentage points. (Wales down 0.9 percentage points and UK down 2.3 percentage points).

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3971
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

22 June 2012