Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that 5,310 people in the Isle of Wight area were claiming ‘out of work benefits’ during August 2020 – these figures also includes Universal Credit figures (see below).
That’s a fall of 150 since July 2020, when there were 5,460 claimants, and a rise of 3,325 from August 2019 (1,985 JSA claimants).
Breakdown of claimants
Of those claiming in August 2020,
- 3,240 were male
- 2,070 were female
- 10 were 16-17
- 1,045 were aged 18 To 24
- (585 were aged 18 To 21)
- 2,775 were aged 25 To 49
- 1,485 were aged 50+
That means 6.7% of the resident population of area aged 16-64 is claiming out of work benefits – 1.3% more than the rest of the South East (5.4%), and 0.1% more than the whole of the UK (6.6%).
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