Birmingham jobs: The 13 city neighbourhoods with the highest unemployment rates

Census figures reveal the Birmingham neighbourhoods with the highest unemployment rates.

Figures from 2023 show that Birmingham had 64,155 out-of-work claimants which represents 8.7% of the population. The number of out-of-work claimants rose by 170 from the previous year.

And the latest statistics from the 2021 Census show the different areas of Birmingham and the employment rates. We’ve taken a look at the neighbourhoods with least amount of economically active residents during the Census recorded time period.

People aged 16 years and over are economically active if they were:

· in employment (an employee or self-employed)

· unemployed, but looking for work and could start within two weeks

· unemployed, but waiting to start a job that had been offered and accepted

Economically inactive are those aged 16 years and over who did not have a job in March 2021 and had not looked for work between 22 February to 21 March 2021 or could not start work within two weeks.

Here are the Birmingham neighbourhoods with the highest amount of unemployed residents.