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Lancashire NUTS-2 Ranked Wards

July 2008

Table 1 Lancashire NUTS-2 Wards Ranked by Claimant Count Proportions
(Wards with more than the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion of 2.3%)
District/Unitary Authority 2003 CAS Ward Name ONS Ward Code Claimant Count Proportion Total Claimant Count % Change over Year
           
7.0% to 8.9% - Over Three Times the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion of 2.3%
Blackpool Bloomfield 00EYNB 8.9 423 11.9
West Lancashire Tanhouse 30UPHB 7.6 190 1.1
Blackpool Claremont 00EYND 7.5 352 7.3
West Lancashire Digmoor 30UPGM 7.1 202 5.8
           
4.7% to 6.9% - Over Double the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion of 2.3% to Three Times the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion
Preston Ribbleton 30UKGL 6.0 260 1.6
Blackburn with Darwen Shadsworth with Whitebirk 00EXNS 6.0 269 1.5
Blackburn with Darwen Wensley Fold 00EXNX 5.9 224 -5.5
Preston St. Matthew's 30UKGP 5.5 223 16.1
Blackpool Talbot 00EYNR 5.4 248 0.4
West Lancashire Birch Green 30UPGH 5.1 140 -16.2
Burnley Daneshouse with Stoneyholme 30UDGW 5.1 174 -7.9
Burnley Bank Hall 30UDGQ 5.1 170 20.6
Preston St. George's 30UKGN 4.9 169 17.4
West Lancashire Moorside 30UPGR 4.8 124 -6.8
Pendle Bradley 30UJFZ 4.8 185 33.1
Blackburn with Darwen Sudell 00EXNU 4.7 187 36.5
           
3.6% to 4.6% - Over 1.5 Times the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion of 2.3% to Double the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion
Preston Fishwick 30UKGB 4.6 149 2.8
Wyre Pharos 30UQGY 4.6 153 34.2
Blackpool Brunswick 00EYNC 4.4 197 -2.0
Preston Town Centre 30UKGR 4.4 196 -11.3
Hyndburn Church 30UGFY 4.4 130 44.4
Pendle Southfield 30UJGM 4.4 135 22.7
Lancaster Poulton 30UHGZ 4.3 190 1.1
Hyndburn Spring Hill 30UGGK 4.3 129 26.5
Blackburn with Darwen Bastwell 00EXNA 4.2 185 -7.0
Hyndburn Central 30UGFX 4.1 110 13.4
Blackburn with Darwen Audley 00EXMZ 4.1 198 -4.3
Chorley Chorley South West 30UEGH 4.1 155 27.0
South Ribble Golden Hill 30UNGJ 4.1 93 22.4
Pendle Whitefield 30UJGR 4.1 102 4.1
Blackpool Waterloo 00EYNW 4.0 168 1.8
Lancaster Heysham North 30UHGS 3.9 125 -8.8
Blackpool Park 00EYNN 3.8 158 -6.5
Burnley Trinity 30UDHE 3.7 134 -9.5
Lancaster Harbour 30UHGQ 3.6 144 -3.4
West Lancashire Skelmersdale North 30UPGZ 3.6 91 -16.5
Hyndburn Barnfield 30UGFU 3.6 100 -2.0
Burnley Queensgate 30UDHB 3.6 124 20.4
Burnley Gawthorpe 30UDGY 3.6 132 13.8
Preston Brookfield 30UKFX 3.6 158 2.6
           
2.4% to 3.5% - Just Above the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion of 2.3% to 1.5 Times the UK Average Claimant Count Proportion
Blackburn with Darwen Queen's Park 00EXNQ 3.5 122 -1.6
Rossendale Irwell 30UMFZ 3.5 107 27.4
Chorley Chorley South East 30UEGG 3.5 127 28.3
Hyndburn Peel 30UGGF 3.5 93 29.2
West Lancashire Skelmersdale South 30UPHA 3.4 130 -20.2
Preston Riversway 30UKGM 3.4 142 -4.7
Blackburn with Darwen Mill Hill 00EXNN 3.4 134 -8.2
Preston Ingol 30UKGE 3.4 151 16.2
Blackburn with Darwen Higher Croft 00EXNH 3.4 142 10.9
Burnley Rosehill with Burnley Wood 30UDHD 3.3 132 18.9
Pendle Brierfield 30UJGA 3.3 100 9.9
Chorley Chorley East 30UEGD 3.2 124 18.1
Blackpool Warbreck 00EYNU 3.2 126 10.5
Burnley Brunshaw 30UDGS 3.2 114 70.1
Blackburn with Darwen Shear Brow 00EXNT 3.1 139 -5.4
Blackburn with Darwen Corporation Park 00EXNC 3.1 121 26.0
Pendle Walverden 30UJGP 3.1 61 1.7
South Ribble Lowerhouse 30UNGT 3.1 71 12.7
Blackpool Victoria 00EYNT 3.0 115 -15.4
Lancaster Westgate 30UHHL 3.0 113 -1.7
Blackpool Clifton 00EYNE 3.0 119 -5.6
Preston Deepdale 30UKGA 3.0 108 -15.6
Blackburn with Darwen Little Harwood 00EXNJ 3.0 105 -0.9
Rossendale Stacksteads 30UMGB 3.0 67 55.8
Chorley Clayton-le-Woods North 30UEGK 3.0 133 27.9
Wyre Mount 30UQGU 2.9 66 -8.3
Preston Larches 30UKGF 2.9 126 23.5
Blackpool Tyldesley 00EYNS 2.9 118 18.0
Blackburn with Darwen Ewood 00EXNF 2.9 116 20.8
Pendle Clover Hill 30UJGB 2.9 92 7.0
Lancaster Heysham Central 30UHGR 2.9 72 20.0
Lancaster Duke's 30UHGM 2.9 45 25.0
Blackburn with Darwen Earcroft 00EXND 2.9 70 25.0
Burnley Rosegrove with Lowerhouse 30UDHC 2.8 101 2.0
Pendle Waterside 30UJGQ 2.8 87 -3.3
West Lancashire Ashurst 30UPGD 2.7 119 -0.8
Pendle Horsfield 30UJGH 2.7 82 6.5
Chorley Chorley North East 30UEGE 2.7 113 -0.9
Lancaster Skerton East 30UHHD 2.7 113 13.0
Lancaster Skerton West 30UHHE 2.7 103 5.1
Rossendale Worsley 30UMGD 2.7 91 13.8
Chorley Astley and Buckshaw 30UEGA 2.6 62 21.6
Lancaster Overton 30UHGY 2.6 35 94.4
Rossendale Healey and Whitworth 30UMFX 2.6 59 40.5
Preston Moor Park 30UKGH 2.5 85 0.0
Blackburn with Darwen Sunnyhurst 00EXNW 2.5 98 -6.7
Hyndburn St. Andrew's 30UGGH 2.4 64 33.3
Burnley Gannow 30UDGX 2.4 79 5.3
Preston University 30UKGT 2.4 65 -1.5
Lancaster Bulk 30UHGJ 2.4 111 30.6
Source Office for National Statistics via the National Online Manpower Information System (NOMIS)
New Series - Revised as from December 2002
Please refer to notes for important changes to the definition of 'Unemployment'.
Table 2 Lancashire NUTS-2 Wards Ranked by Claimant Count Numbers
(Wards with more than the Lancashire County Average of 53 persons per Ward on the Claimant Count)
District/Unitary Authority 2003 CAS Ward Name ONS Ward Code Claimant Count Proportion Total Claimant Count % Change over Year
           
Blackpool Bloomfield 00EYNB 8.9 423 11.9
Blackpool Claremont 00EYND 7.5 352 7.3
Blackburn with Darwen Shadsworth with Whitebirk 00EXNS 6.0 269 1.5
Preston Ribbleton 30UKGL 6.0 260 1.6
Blackpool Talbot 00EYNR 5.4 248 0.4
Blackburn with Darwen Wensley Fold 00EXNX 5.9 224 -5.5
Preston St. Matthew's 30UKGP 5.5 223 16.1
West Lancashire Digmoor 30UPGM 7.1 202 5.8
Blackburn with Darwen Audley 00EXMZ 4.1 198 -4.3
Blackpool Brunswick 00EYNC 4.4 197 -2.0
Preston Town Centre 30UKGR 4.4 196 -11.3
Lancaster Poulton 30UHGZ 4.3 190 1.1
West Lancashire Tanhouse 30UPHB 7.6 190 1.1
Blackburn with Darwen Sudell 00EXNU 4.7 187 36.5
Blackburn with Darwen Bastwell 00EXNA 4.2 185 -7.0
Pendle Bradley 30UJFZ 4.8 185 33.1
Burnley Daneshouse with Stoneyholme 30UDGW 5.1 174 -7.9
Burnley Bank Hall 30UDGQ 5.1 170 20.6
Preston St. George's 30UKGN 4.9 169 17.4
Blackpool Waterloo 00EYNW 4.0 168 1.8
Blackpool Park 00EYNN 3.8 158 -6.5
Preston Brookfield 30UKFX 3.6 158 2.6
Chorley Chorley South West 30UEGH 4.1 155 27.0
Wyre Pharos 30UQGY 4.6 153 34.2
Preston Ingol 30UKGE 3.4 151 16.2
Preston Fishwick 30UKGB 4.6 149 2.8
Lancaster Harbour 30UHGQ 3.6 144 -3.4
Preston Riversway 30UKGM 3.4 142 -4.7
Blackburn with Darwen Higher Croft 00EXNH 3.4 142 10.9
West Lancashire Birch Green 30UPGH 5.1 140 -16.2
Blackburn with Darwen Shear Brow 00EXNT 3.1 139 -5.4
Pendle Southfield 30UJGM 4.4 135 22.7
Burnley Trinity 30UDHE 3.7 134 -9.5
Blackburn with Darwen Mill Hill 00EXNN 3.4 134 -8.2
Chorley Clayton-le-Woods North 30UEGK 3.0 133 27.9
Burnley Gawthorpe 30UDGY 3.6 132 13.8
Burnley Rosehill with Burnley Wood 30UDHD 3.3 132 18.9
West Lancashire Skelmersdale South 30UPHA 3.4 130 -20.2
Hyndburn Church 30UGFY 4.4 130 44.4
Hyndburn Spring Hill 30UGGK 4.3 129 26.5
Chorley Chorley South East 30UEGG 3.5 127 28.3
Preston Larches 30UKGF 2.9 126 23.5
Blackpool Warbreck 00EYNU 3.2 126 10.5
Lancaster Heysham North 30UHGS 3.9 125 -8.8
West Lancashire Moorside 30UPGR 4.8 124 -6.8
Chorley Chorley East 30UEGD 3.2 124 18.1
Burnley Queensgate 30UDHB 3.6 124 20.4
Blackburn with Darwen Queen's Park 00EXNQ 3.5 122 -1.6
Blackburn with Darwen Corporation Park 00EXNC 3.1 121 26.0
Blackpool Clifton 00EYNE 3.0 119 -5.6
West Lancashire Ashurst 30UPGD 2.7 119 -0.8
Blackpool Tyldesley 00EYNS 2.9 118 18.0
Blackburn with Darwen Ewood 00EXNF 2.9 116 20.8
Blackpool Victoria 00EYNT 3.0 115 -15.4
Burnley Brunshaw 30UDGS 3.2 114 70.1
Lancaster Westgate 30UHHL 3.0 113 -1.7
Chorley Chorley North East 30UEGE 2.7 113 -0.9
Lancaster Skerton East 30UHHD 2.7 113 13.0
Lancaster Bulk 30UHGJ 2.4 111 30.6
Hyndburn Central 30UGFX 4.1 110 13.4
Preston Deepdale 30UKGA 3.0 108 -15.6
Rossendale Irwell 30UMFZ 3.5 107 27.4
Blackburn with Darwen Little Harwood 00EXNJ 3.0 105 -0.9
Lancaster Skerton West 30UHHE 2.7 103 5.1
Hyndburn Rishton 30UGGG 2.3 103 18.4
Pendle Whitefield 30UJGR 4.1 102 4.1
Burnley Rosegrove with Lowerhouse 30UDHC 2.8 101 2.0
Hyndburn Barnfield 30UGFU 3.6 100 -2.0
Pendle Brierfield 30UJGA 3.3 100 9.9
Preston Tulketh 30UKGS 2.1 99 -6.6
Blackburn with Darwen Sunnyhurst 00EXNW 2.5 98 -6.7
South Ribble Golden Hill 30UNGJ 4.1 93 22.4
Hyndburn Peel 30UGGF 3.5 93 29.2
Lancaster Castle 30UHGL 2.0 93 -1.1
Blackpool Hawes Side 00EYNG 2.2 92 -6.1
Pendle Clover Hill 30UJGB 2.9 92 7.0
West Lancashire Skelmersdale North 30UPGZ 3.6 91 -16.5
Rossendale Worsley 30UMGD 2.7 91 13.8
Pendle Waterside 30UJGQ 2.8 87 -3.3
Blackpool Layton 00EYNK 2.1 85 -6.6
Preston Moor Park 30UKGH 2.5 85 0.0
Pendle Horsfield 30UJGH 2.7 82 6.5
Chorley Coppull 30UEGM 2.0 82 18.8
Lancaster Heysham South 30UHGT 2.2 81 -10.0
Wyre Rossall 30UQHB 2.3 80 3.9
Pendle Vivary Bridge 30UJGN 2.3 80 31.1
Burnley Gannow 30UDGX 2.4 79 5.3
West Lancashire Scott 30UPGY 2.3 79 0.0
Blackburn with Darwen Meadowhead 00EXNM 2.2 79 -13.2
Blackpool Bispham 00EYNA 2.3 75 7.1
West Lancashire Up Holland 30UPHD 2.1 75 4.2
Rossendale Whitewell 30UMGC 2.2 75 11.9
Blackpool Greenlands 00EYNF 2.0 74 5.7
Blackburn with Darwen Marsh House 00EXNL 2.0 74 42.3
Burnley Hapton with Park 30UDGZ 2.0 74 1.4
Lancaster Heysham Central 30UHGR 2.9 72 20.0
South Ribble Lowerhouse 30UNGT 3.1 71 12.7
Blackburn with Darwen Earcroft 00EXND 2.9 70 25.0
Rossendale Hareholme 30UMFW 2.2 70 40.0
Burnley Lanehead 30UDHA 2.0 69 4.5
Blackpool Ingthorpe 00EYNJ 1.8 68 -32.0
Burnley Coal Clough with Deerplay 30UDGU 2.1 68 6.2
Rossendale Stacksteads 30UMGB 3.0 67 55.8
Wyre Mount 30UQGU 2.9 66 -8.3
Preston University 30UKGT 2.4 65 -1.5
Hyndburn St. Andrew's 30UGGH 2.4 64 33.3
Chorley Adlington and Anderton 30UEFZ 1.6 64 60.0
Hyndburn Overton 30UGGE 1.6 63 40.0
Chorley Astley and Buckshaw 30UEGA 2.6 62 21.6
Wyre Bourne 30UQGE 1.7 62 59.0
Rossendale Greensclough 30UMFU 1.8 61 0.0
Pendle Walverden 30UJGP 3.1 61 1.7
Wyre Warren 30UQHF 1.8 60 11.1
Rossendale Greenfield 30UMFT 1.8 60 36.4
Blackpool Highfield 00EYNH 1.6 59 -1.7
Rossendale Healey and Whitworth 30UMFX 2.6 59 40.5
Rossendale Longholme 30UMGA 1.8 58 -7.9
Lancaster John O'Gaunt 30UHGU 1.1 58 5.5
South Ribble Kingsfold 30UNGL 2.2 57 -8.1
Lancaster Scotforth West 30UHHB 1.4 56 -1.8
Preston Ashton 30UKFW 1.9 54 12.5
Blackpool Anchorsholme 00EYMZ 1.6 54 14.9
Burnley Whittlefield with Ightenhill 30UDHF 1.4 54 1.9
Hyndburn Immanuel 30UGGB 2.0 54 74.2
Source Office for National Statistics via the National Online Manpower Information System (NOMIS)
New Series - Revised as from December 2002
Please refer to notes for important changes to the definition of 'Unemployment'.

This page was compiled by Paul Ayre.

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