The table below illustrates the unemployment rates for the UK, the North East, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle, and each Newcastle ward.
The rates for Newcastle and each ward, in addition to Tyne and Wear are the number of unemployed as a percentage of the estimated labour force (the economically active population), at mid 2007. The rates for the North East and the UK are workforce-based claimant count rates.
(Source: TWRI, based on Office for National Statistics population estimates).
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Unemployment Rates Jan 2009 - Dec 2009| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Walkergate | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
West Gosforth | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Westerhope | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Westgate | 12.2 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
Wingrove | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 |
Woolsington | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
Newcastle | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Tyne & Wear | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
N.E.Region | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
U.K. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
Benwell & Scotswood | 8.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
Blakelaw | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
Byker | 13.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.7 |
Castle | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Dene | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Denton | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 |
East Gosforth | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Elswick | 13.5 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
Fawdon | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
Fenham | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
Kenton | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
Lemington | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Newburn | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
North Heaton | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
North Jesmond | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Ouseburn | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 |
Parklands | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
South Heaton | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
South Jesmond | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Walker | 16.2 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 17.7 |