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Labour Force Survey - Working and workless households in NI: April-June 2019

Date published: 28 August 2019

Topics: Labour Force Survey,  Work, pay and benefits

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household results were released at 9.30am today.

Key Points

  • The most common type of households were couples with children (31%) or single person households (30%).
  • Over half (54%) of households in Northern Ireland were work rich (all adults within were employed) and just under a fifth (18%) were workless (where all adults within were unemployed or inactive).
  • Household tables are available here

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