Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that 5,045 people in the Isle of Wight area were claiming ‘out of work benefits’ during September 2020 – these figures also includes Universal Credit figures (see below).
That’s a fall of 265 since August 2020, when there were 5,310 claimants, and a rise of 3,000 from September 2019 (2,045 JSA claimants).
Breakdown of claimants
Of those claiming in September 2020,
- 3,105 were male
- 1,940 were female
- 10 were 16-17
- 985 were aged 18 To 24
- (550 were aged 18 To 21)
- 2,645 were aged 25 To 49
- 1,405 were aged 50+
That means 6.3% 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 (5.4%), and 0.2% less than the whole of the UK (6.5%).
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