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Claimant count by age — Wakefield

8,685, latest July 2026.

8,685 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (4,925, 57%). Next largest was Aged 16-24 (2,025). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 50+, 15% higher (1,735).

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 — 2,025 against a typical figure (median) of about 558 across 360 other areas. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward comparison.
  • Unusually high in May 2013: This area's May 2013 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for May 2013 — 3,000 against a typical figure (median) of about 700 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 by age
8,685 for Wakefield, July 2026
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 4 Sep 2026.
Source: Nomis -- Claimant Count by sex and age (NM_162_1), via statsmapped.com
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/wakefield/claimant-count-by-age

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