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Working and workless households in NI: July-September 2019

Date published: 27 November 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).

The latest Working and Workless Household tables are available on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey Tables – November 2019 page.

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