Annual Population Survey Household Data, 2004-2011

The latest Annual Population Survey (APS) households’ results cover 2011.  This dataset enables household analyses to be carried out at a Local Authority level, including details of people in workless households, children in workless households, lone parents and housing tenure.  The latest release updates the bulletin previously released on 8 September 2011.

• In 2011, 22.4 per cent of households in Wales were workless.  This compares with 18.9 per cent of households in the United Kingdom.
• In 2011, Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil had the largest percentages of workless households in Wales, at 31.8 per cent and 30.1 per cent respectively. Monmouthshire (16.2 per cent) and the Vale of Glamorgan (17.3 per cent) had the lowest percentages of workless households.
• In 2011, 18.6 per cent of children in Wales lived in a workless household compared with 15.9 per cent in the United Kingdom.
• The overall percentage of lone parent families is higher in Wales (9.1 per cent) than in the UK (8.4 per cent). The highest percentages of lone parent households were found in Blaenau Gwent (12.2 per cent) and Newport (11.2 per cent).

More detailed information will be put on StatsWales over the next few days.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3971
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

September 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)