Claimant Count

Experimental Statistics

Latest results published 16th October 2018

Latest results

• The NI seasonally adjusted claimant count (Experimental) stood at 28,100 (3.1% of the workforce) in September 2018, representing:
• a decrease of 100 from last month's revised total
• a decrease of 1,300 (4.3%) over the year

Labour Market Report

• Latest Labour Market Report

Claimant count interactive maps

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• Annual average for parliamentary constituency area
• Annual average for council area
• Monthly data for parliamentary constituency area
• Monthly data for council area

Claimant count tables

• Latest tables for the claimant count

Claimant count background information

• Changes to Claimant Count following the introduction of Universal Credit
• Claimant count revisions
• Difference between ILO unemployment (LFS) and the claimant count (JSA only)

UK Claimant count data on NOMIS

UK Claimant Count data is available for comparison via NOMIS. Nomis is a service provided by the Office for National Statistics, ONS, to give you free access to the most detailed and up-to-date UK labour market statistics from official sources: nomis website

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