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Working and Workless Households in Northern Ireland: October to December 2021

Date published: 29 March 2022

Topics: Work, pay and benefits,  Labour Force Survey

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

Key Points

  • The most common types of households were couples with children or single person households (both 31%).
  • Over half (53%) of households in Northern Ireland were work rich (all household members age 16 or over within were employed) and less than a fifth (19%) were workless (where all household members age 16 or over were unemployed or inactive).

The latest Working and Workless Household tables are available on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey Tables – February 2022 page.

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