Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2003

Table 3.3. The percentage of working age population claiming job seekers allowance, Jan 2002 to Dec 2002 by Local Authority


Local authority

Males

Females

Overall

Birmingham

7.9

2.3

5.2

Bridgnorth

1.6

0.9

1.3

Bromsgrove

2.6

1.1

1.9

Cannock Chase

2.8

1.4

2.1

Coventry

4.9

1.5

3.3

Dudley

4.7

1.6

3.2

East Staffordshire

2.6

1.1

1.9

Herefordshire, County of

2.3

0.9

1.6

Lichfield

2.0

0.9

1.5

Malvern Hills

1.5

0.6

1.0

Newcastle-under-Lyme

2.8

1.1

2.0

North Shropshire

2.1

0.8

1.5

North Warwickshire

1.9

0.9

1.4

Nuneaton and Bedworth

2.6

0.9

1.8

Oswestry

2.5

1.2

1.9

Redditch

2.9

1.2

2.1

Rugby

2.4

1.0

1.8

Sandwell

7.0

2.2

4.6

Shrewsbury and Atcham

2.1

0.7

1.4

Solihull

2.7

1.0

1.9

South Shropshire

1.9

0.7

1.3

South Staffordshire

2.6

1.1

1.9

Stafford

2.6

1.1

1.9

Staffordshire Moorlands

2.1

1.0

1.6

Stoke on Trent

4.8

1.6

3.2

Stratford-on-Avon

1.4

0.6

1.0

Tamworth

2.9

1.3

2.1

Telford and Wrekin

3.0

1.2

2.2

Walsall

5.3

1.8

3.6

Warwick

2.2

0.8

1.5

Wolverhampton

6.8

2.2

4.6

Worcester

2.7

0.9

1.8

Wychavon

1.5

0.8

1.2

Wyre Forest

2.7

1.0

1.9

West Midlands region

4.3

1.5

3.0

Source: Nomis – Claimant Counts

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