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All claimants by local authority, ranked
Every area with a published figure, in order of claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.
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| # | Area | % of 16–64 | UK percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derry City and Strabane N09000005 | 4.1% | 75 |
| 2 | Belfast N09000003 | 3.8% | 70 |
| 3 | Causeway Coast and Glens N09000004 | 2.8% | 38 |
| 4 | Mid and East Antrim N09000008 | 2.7% | 34 |
| =5 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon N09000002 | 2.6% | 30 |
| =5 | Newry, Mourne and Down N09000010 | 2.6% | 30 |
| 7 | Ards and North Down N09000011 | 2.4% | 20 |
| =8 | Antrim and Newtownabbey N09000001 | 2.2% | 13 |
| =8 | Fermanagh and Omagh N09000006 | 2.2% | 13 |
| 10 | Mid Ulster N09000009 | 2.1% | 11 |
| 11 | Lisburn and Castlereagh N09000007 | 1.9% | 3 |
How this ranking is made
Claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64: the percentage the ONS publishes for the area, unchanged.. The claimant count as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64, published monthly by the ONS for every UK local authority. The percentage is the ONS's own; nothing is divided here. The newest month published for each area.
Source: ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis) · Claimant count, July 2026, released 2026-08-18. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.
Derry City and Strabane has the highest claimants as a percentage of residents aged 16 to 64 of 11 Northern Ireland local authorities with a published figure, at 4.1% (Latest published: July 2026). Source: ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis).