The Datum Report

Measure · Households by combined economic activity status

All unemployed, dependent children

Children living in households where everyone aged 16 or over is unemployed.

Published byONS
SeriesHouseholds by combined economic activity status
How oftenAnnual
Basissurvey
CoversDec. 31, 2004 to Dec. 31, 2025 (22 periods)
Geographiescountry, county_ua, lad, region
Areas held576, of which 497 withheld (86.3%)
LicenceOGL-UK-3.0

Before you quote this

Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.

The producer publishes an interval for this measure but does not document its basis. It is shown as a range and never as precision.

497 of 576 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: Figure is unavailable as the group sample size is disclosive (0-2) or the estimate is less than 500

The producer states no release date for each period, so publication dates here are derived from the period end plus its typical lag. They are approximate and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Others in this series

A definition is often only clear beside its siblings.

MeasureWhat it counts
All households, dependent children all dependent children living in those households
All households, households all households with at least one person aged 16 to 64
All unemployed, households households where everyone aged 16 or over is unemployed
Working households, dependent children children living in households where everyone aged 16 or over is in work
Working households, households households where everyone aged 16 or over is in work
Workless households, dependent children children living in households where no one aged 16 or over is in work
Workless households, households households where no one aged 16 or over is in work

Latest figures

AreaValuePeriod
Birmingham 9300.0 2025
Blackburn with Darwen 600.0 2025
Bradford 5500.0 2025
Bristol, City of 1200.0 2025
Buckinghamshire 3300.0 2025
Bury 1200.0 2025
Caerphilly 1100.0 2025
Carmarthenshire 700.0 2025
Croydon 4200.0 2025
East Riding of Yorkshire 1200.0 2025
Fife 1200.0 2025
Flintshire 600.0 2025