In February 2010, there were 2,205 claimants of unemployment benefit in the Royal Borough. This amounts to an unemployment rate of 2.5%, which is below both the South East regional rate of 3.2% and the national rate of 4.3%.
This information can be viewed, together with previous years claimant counts data to show trends, on the graph below.
For the latest unemployment figures for the Royal Borough, readers can access ONS Regional Labour Market Statistics. This quarterly update provides a range of unemployment and other economic data for the South-East Region, local authorities in the South East, parliamentary constituencies, travel-to-work areas etc.