Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that 4,845 people in the Isle of Wight area were claiming ‘out of work benefits’ during October 2020 – these figures also includes Universal Credit figures (see below).
That’s a fall of 200 since September 2020, when there were 5,045 claimants, but a rise of 2,740 from October 2019 (2,105 JSA claimants).
Breakdown of claimants
Of those claiming in October 2020,
- 2,910 were male
- 1,935 were female
- 10 were 16-17
- 945 were aged 18 To 24
- (530 were aged 18 To 21)
- 2,540 were aged 25 To 49
- 1,355 were aged 50+
That means 6.1% of the resident population of area aged 16-64 is claiming out of work benefits – 0.9% more than the rest of the South East (5.2), and 0.2% less than the whole of the UK (6.3%).
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