Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that 3,365 people in the Isle of Wight area were claiming ‘out of work benefits’ during October 2021 – these figures also include Universal Credit figures.
That’s a fall of 185 since September 2021, when there were 3,550 claimants, and a fall of 1,365 from October 2020 (4,730 JSA claimants).
Breakdown of claimants
Of those claiming in October 2021:
- 1,985 were male
- 1,380 were female
- 5 were 16-17
- 530 were aged 18 To 24
- (300 were aged 18 To 21)
- 1,860 were aged 25 To 49
- 970 were aged 50+
That means 4.2% of the resident population of area aged 16-64 is claiming out of work benefits – 0.4% more than the rest of the South East (3.8%), and 0.6% less than the whole of the UK (4.8%).
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