The Datum Report

Measure · Households by combined economic activity status

Workless households, dependent children

Children living in households where no one aged 16 or over is in work.

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 102 withheld (17.7%)
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.

102 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, dependent children children living in households where everyone aged 16 or over is unemployed
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, households households where no one aged 16 or over is in work

Latest figures

AreaValuePeriod
Aberdeen City 5200.0 2025
Aberdeenshire 4500.0 2025
Adur 1700.0 2025
Angus 800.0 2025
Argyll and Bute 3600.0 2025
Arun 5000.0 2025
Ashfield 7800.0 2025
Ashford 2900.0 2025
Babergh 4400.0 2025
Barking and Dagenham 9900.0 2025
Barnet 10600.0 2025
Barnsley 10000.0 2025