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Latest Unemployment Rates (January 2010)
The latest available unemployment data shows the Harrogate district to have a claimant rate* of 2.4%, significantly lower than the national average rate of 4.3%) * Job Seekers Allowance
December's data shows a 6.7% increase in the total number of claimants from December (+143 claimants). An annual comparison of rates reveals a rise of 43.7%, or 696 claimants, since January 2009. This increase may in part be due to seasonal contracts, over the Christmas period, coming to an end.
|
Unemployment rate (jsa claimant) January 2010 (December 2009) |
Number |
Rate %
|
Harrogatedistrict |
2,290 |
2.4% (2.2 %) |
| North Yorkshire County | 11,006 |
3.1%(2.9%) |
| Yorkshire and Humber Region | 163,698 | 5.0% (4.8%) |
| Great Britain | 1,597,855 | 4.3%(4.1) |
|
Main settlements in the Harrogate
District:
Unemployment rate
(jsa claimant)
December 2009( November 2009)
|
Number |
Rate %
|
| Harrogate Town | 1,269 |
2. 7%(2.8%) |
| Boroughbridge | 37 |
2.0%(2.2%) |
| Knaresborough | 212 | 2. 3% (2.3%) |
| Masham | 25 | 1.7% (1.6%) |
| Pateley Bridge | 26 | 1.6% (1.7%) |
| Ripon | 251 | 2. 4% (2.4%) |
Data last updated: 22/02/2010, Source: Office for National
Statistics and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) February
2010.
Next update due 26/03/10.
* Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) Claimant Rate
To view data on current and previous unemployment rates for the Harrogate district and throughout the North Yorkshire County, at district and ward level, visit http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2877