England Country (Dep) : Work & Poverty Statistics

These simple graphs compare England with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Poor Relief to Able-Bodied Males 1859 to 1911 This rate presents numbers of 'Able-Bodied' adult males receiving relief from the Poor Law as a per…
% Economically Inactive 2017 to 2022 Economically inactive refers to people who are not participating in the labour force. Being econom…
Female Activity Rate 1921 to 2021 Nationally, the proportion of women doing paid work has risen fairly steadily from 34% in 1931, pea…
Male self-employment 1951 From 1951 onwards, the census allows us to calculate the proportion of economically-active males wo…
Male Unemployment 1931 to 2021 In twentieth century Britain, unemployment was the primary measure of economic distress. It has bee…
% with Long-Term Health Conditions 2017 to 2022 A long-term health condition is one that has lasted, or is expected to last, for 12 months or longer…
% with Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health 2017 to 2022 A work-limiting health condition is a long-term health condition that limits the kind and/or amoun…
Outdoor Relief to Able-Bodied Males "in Health" 1884 to 1911 Although most people relieved by the poor law were old, sick or orphans, from 1884 onwards the stat…
Outdoor Poor Relief 1859 to 1919 This rate shows what percentage of all those getting relief from the Poor Law received "outdoor" re…
% of Population on Poor Relief 1859 to 1919 This rate presents the total number of men, women and children receiving relief as a percentage of …

We hold these detailed statistics for England, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Chronic Health Conditions 2017 to 2022 Chronic Health Condition (2)
Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health 2017 to 2022 Work-limiting Long-Term Ill-Health (2)
Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief 1884 to 1919 Able-bodied male pauper categories: Sick & Other (2)
Able-bodied paupers by gender 1859 to 1919 Pauper categories: Men, Women & Children (3)
Able-bodied paupers by type of relief 1859 to 1919 Pauper categories: Indoor & Outdoor (3)
All persons insured against unemployment 1927 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 to 2021 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1921 to 2021 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)
Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance 1859 to 1919 Total receiving welfare assistance (1)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.