Approximately 1.2 percent of workless households in the United Kingdom were comprised entirely of inhabitants who had never worked in 2023. The peak for this type of workless household was in 2011, when it was 1.8 percent, while in 1996 it was less than one percent.
Percentage of workless households in the United Kingdom where all members have never worked from 1996 to 2023
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* A workless household is a household that includes at least one person aged 16 to 64 where no-one aged 16 or over is in employment. A household is defined as having never worked if all members aged 16 years or more are currently not in employment and state that they have never had paid work (apart from casual or holiday work, or the job that they are waiting to begin).
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 30, 2023). Percentage of workless households in the United Kingdom where all members have never worked from 1996 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282599/long-term-jobless-households-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of workless households in the United Kingdom where all members have never worked from 1996 to 2023." Chart. August 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282599/long-term-jobless-households-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Percentage of workless households in the United Kingdom where all members have never worked from 1996 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282599/long-term-jobless-households-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of Workless Households in The United Kingdom Where All Members Have Never Worked from 1996 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282599/long-term-jobless-households-in-the-uk/
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