Around 10% Of People Aged 16 To 64 Live In Workless Households

For the period April to June 2017, there were 22.3 million people aged 16 to 64 (54.2%) living in working households, up 0.8 percentage points over the year. A further 14.7 million people (35.7%) were living in mixed households, down 0.6 percentage points and 4.1 million people (10.0%) were living in workless households, down 0.2 percentage points.

Excluding student households, which are more likely to be workless than the rest of the population, there were 22.2 million people (54.8%) living in working households, 14.4 million people (35.6%) living in households classed as mixed and 3.9 million people (9.6%) living in workless households.

The number of people living in households where all members had never worked decreased by 81,000 over the last year and now stands at 379,000. Excluding student households, the number of people living in households where all members had never worked decreased by 42,000 and now stands at 276,000.