Unemployment
Claimant figures for Bournemouth
The Office for National Statistics publish the most recent figures of working-age people claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA), these are available to view on the Nomis site.
It doesn’t include the amount of people seeking work who don’t claim JSA, or people claiming Universal Credit. For more information there is news update explaining the count here.
| Claimant count with rates and proportions |
| |
July 2014 |
July 2015 |
Annual Change |
| Area |
Number |
Rate |
Number |
Rate |
Number |
% |
| Bournemouth |
2,209 |
1.8 |
1,525 |
1.2 |
-684 |
-31.0 |
| Dorset |
2,065 |
0.9 |
1,603 |
0.7 |
-462 |
-22.4 |
| Poole |
1,129 |
1.2 |
843 |
0.9 |
-286 |
-25.3 |
| South East |
76,612 |
1.4 |
56,146 |
1.0 |
-20,466 |
-26.7 |
| South West |
48,508 |
1.5 |
34,648 |
1.0 |
-13,860 |
-28.6 |
| United Kingdom |
995,835 |
2.4 |
723,980 |
1.8 |
-271,855 |
-27.3 |
| Source:ONS, Crown Copyright |