Claimant count -- Oldham
10,275, latest July 2026.
10,275 was the total. The largest year-on-year movement was Claimant count -- Oldham, 2% higher (10,275).
Before you use these figures
- Not a measure of unemployment: The claimant count is a count of people claiming Universal Credit (who are required to seek work) or Jobseeker's Allowance, not a count of unemployed people. It includes some people in part-time work and excludes people who are unemployed but not claiming. ONS's Labour Force Survey is the measure of unemployment, and is a different figure.
- Unusually high compared with other areas: This figure is unusually high compared with other areas currently publishing this dataset — 10,275 against a typical figure (median) of about 2,700 across 360 other areas. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward comparison.
- Unusually high in October 2024: This area's October 2024 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for October 2024 — 11,505 against a typical figure (median) of about 2,770 across 360 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it -- flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
- Four nations, one series: Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance operate UK-wide, so this series is directly comparable across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- unlike some UK statistics that are only published for some nations.
Cite this figure:
Claimant count -- Oldham 10,275 for Oldham, July 2026 StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 30 Aug 2026. Source: Nomis -- Claimant Count by sex and age (NM_162_1), via statsmapped.com https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/oldham/uk_live_register_e08000004