"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity, to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources, of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life. But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education, on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke, Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.

This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Lancaster.

Population claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance

Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty

Poverty index

This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1. A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.

1 - Very High
0.75 - High
0.5 - Average
0.25 - Low
0 - Very Low
Bare 0.437Bolton & Slyne 0.437Bulk 0.437Carnforth & Millhead 0.437Castle 0.437Ellel 0.437Halton-with-Aughton 0.437Harbour 0.437Heysham Central 0.437Heysham North 0.437Heysham South 0.437John O'Gaunt 0.437Kellet 0.437Lower Lune Valley 0.437Marsh 0.437Overton 0.437Poulton 0.437Scotforth East 0.437Scotforth West 0.437Silverdale 0.437Skerton East 0.437Skerton West 0.437Torrisholme 0.437University & Scotforth Rural 0.437Upper Lune Valley 0.437Warton 0.437Westgate 0.437

How to interpret the index

In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those places, however.

How we calculate the index

The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall somewhere in between. We create an average index across 6 metrics

This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Lancaster.

Rates of unemployment and economic inactivity over time

What's on this chart?

This chart shows labour market statistics for Lancaster.

Dataset

Labour market economic activity
Unemployment rate
Economic inactivity rate
YearJun 2005Jun 2008Jun 2011Jun 2014Jun 2017Jun 2020Jun 2023% of population01015202530355Unemployment rate 2004-12-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2005-03-01: 7.4Unemployment rate 2005-06-01: 6Unemployment rate 2005-09-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2005-12-01: 5.9Unemployment rate 2006-03-01: 6.9Unemployment rate 2006-06-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2006-09-01: 5.3Unemployment rate 2006-12-01: 6.6Unemployment rate 2007-03-01: 3.2Unemployment rate 2007-06-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2007-09-01: 4.8Unemployment rate 2007-12-01: 3.5Unemployment rate 2008-03-01: 4.1Unemployment rate 2008-06-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2008-09-01: 5Unemployment rate 2008-12-01: 6.4Unemployment rate 2009-03-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2009-06-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2009-09-01: 7.4Unemployment rate 2009-12-01: 5.3Unemployment rate 2010-03-01: 6.5Unemployment rate 2010-06-01: 5.5Unemployment rate 2010-09-01: 4.6Unemployment rate 2010-12-01: 4.6Unemployment rate 2011-03-01: 3.3Unemployment rate 2011-06-01: 5.3Unemployment rate 2011-09-01: 5.5Unemployment rate 2011-12-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2012-03-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2012-06-01: 5Unemployment rate 2012-09-01: 8.2Unemployment rate 2012-12-01: 8.6Unemployment rate 2013-03-01: 8.3Unemployment rate 2013-06-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2013-09-01: 5.3Unemployment rate 2013-12-01: 3.9Unemployment rate 2014-03-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2014-06-01: 4.8Unemployment rate 2014-09-01: 3.6Unemployment rate 2014-12-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2015-03-01: 0Unemployment rate 2015-06-01: 3.2Unemployment rate 2015-09-01: 3Unemployment rate 2015-12-01: 3.2Unemployment rate 2016-03-01: 3.6Unemployment rate 2016-06-01: 0Unemployment rate 2016-09-01: 3.6Unemployment rate 2016-12-01: 4.9Unemployment rate 2017-03-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2017-06-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2017-09-01: 4.4Unemployment rate 2017-12-01: 3.5Unemployment rate 2018-03-01: 4.4Unemployment rate 2018-06-01: 4Unemployment rate 2018-09-01: 4.6Unemployment rate 2018-12-01: 4.1Unemployment rate 2019-03-01: 4.3Unemployment rate 2019-06-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2019-09-01: 3.7Unemployment rate 2019-12-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2020-03-01: 5.4Unemployment rate 2020-06-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2020-09-01: 4Unemployment rate 2020-12-01: 4.8Unemployment rate 2021-03-01: 2.6Unemployment rate 2021-06-01: 4.1Unemployment rate 2021-09-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2021-12-01: 7Unemployment rate 2022-03-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2022-06-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2022-09-01: 4.4Unemployment rate 2022-12-01: 4.4Unemployment rate 2023-03-01: 2.6Unemployment rate 2023-06-01: 0Economic inactivity rate 2004-12-01: 31Economic inactivity rate 2005-03-01: 30.2Economic inactivity rate 2005-06-01: 29.3Economic inactivity rate 2005-09-01: 27.8Economic inactivity rate 2005-12-01: 24.3Economic inactivity rate 2006-03-01: 21.2Economic inactivity rate 2006-06-01: 22.4Economic inactivity rate 2006-09-01: 24.7Economic inactivity rate 2006-12-01: 25.7Economic inactivity rate 2007-03-01: 26.3Economic inactivity rate 2007-06-01: 21.9Economic inactivity rate 2007-09-01: 20.5Economic inactivity rate 2007-12-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2008-03-01: 26.5Economic inactivity rate 2008-06-01: 27.4Economic inactivity rate 2008-09-01: 28.1Economic inactivity rate 2008-12-01: 26.6Economic inactivity rate 2009-03-01: 22.3Economic inactivity rate 2009-06-01: 23.2Economic inactivity rate 2009-09-01: 24.2Economic inactivity rate 2009-12-01: 23.1Economic inactivity rate 2010-03-01: 24.3Economic inactivity rate 2010-06-01: 23.6Economic inactivity rate 2010-09-01: 22.2Economic inactivity rate 2010-12-01: 22.6Economic inactivity rate 2011-03-01: 23.6Economic inactivity rate 2011-06-01: 23.3Economic inactivity rate 2011-09-01: 21.5Economic inactivity rate 2011-12-01: 21.6Economic inactivity rate 2012-03-01: 21.5Economic inactivity rate 2012-06-01: 25.1Economic inactivity rate 2012-09-01: 27.7Economic inactivity rate 2012-12-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2013-03-01: 30.5Economic inactivity rate 2013-06-01: 29.2Economic inactivity rate 2013-09-01: 29.3Economic inactivity rate 2013-12-01: 29.7Economic inactivity rate 2014-03-01: 29.7Economic inactivity rate 2014-06-01: 29.3Economic inactivity rate 2014-09-01: 30.3Economic inactivity rate 2014-12-01: 30.8Economic inactivity rate 2015-03-01: 30.7Economic inactivity rate 2015-06-01: 30.7Economic inactivity rate 2015-09-01: 27.6Economic inactivity rate 2015-12-01: 27Economic inactivity rate 2016-03-01: 25.7Economic inactivity rate 2016-06-01: 22.4Economic inactivity rate 2016-09-01: 21Economic inactivity rate 2016-12-01: 18.7Economic inactivity rate 2017-03-01: 15.9Economic inactivity rate 2017-06-01: 17.9Economic inactivity rate 2017-09-01: 21Economic inactivity rate 2017-12-01: 18.6Economic inactivity rate 2018-03-01: 19.8Economic inactivity rate 2018-06-01: 22.5Economic inactivity rate 2018-09-01: 22.6Economic inactivity rate 2018-12-01: 24.7Economic inactivity rate 2019-03-01: 25.7Economic inactivity rate 2019-06-01: 28.3Economic inactivity rate 2019-09-01: 27.9Economic inactivity rate 2019-12-01: 30.5Economic inactivity rate 2020-03-01: 28.3Economic inactivity rate 2020-06-01: 21.1Economic inactivity rate 2020-09-01: 17.7Economic inactivity rate 2020-12-01: 19.3Economic inactivity rate 2021-03-01: 19.5Economic inactivity rate 2021-06-01: 19.4Economic inactivity rate 2021-09-01: 19Economic inactivity rate 2021-12-01: 19.6Economic inactivity rate 2022-03-01: 22.6Economic inactivity rate 2022-06-01: 20.8Economic inactivity rate 2022-09-01: 24.9Economic inactivity rate 2022-12-01: 22.2Economic inactivity rate 2023-03-01: 22.1Economic inactivity rate 2023-06-01: 20.5

Fuel poverty rate by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different areas in Lancaster. In Lancaster 9446 of 61310 households are in fuel poverty.

Dataset

Fuel Poverty
44% (highest)
23.5%
3% (lowest)
Bare 12.8% of households are fuel poorBolton & Slyne 10.5% of households are fuel poorBulk 17.5% of households are fuel poorCarnforth & Millhead 13.8% of households are fuel poorCastle 16.8% of households are fuel poorEllel 13.7% of households are fuel poorHalton-with-Aughton 10.9% of households are fuel poorHarbour 21.9% of households are fuel poorHeysham Central 13.0% of households are fuel poorHeysham North 24.4% of households are fuel poorHeysham South 8.0% of households are fuel poorJohn O'Gaunt 14.6% of households are fuel poorKellet 13.6% of households are fuel poorLower Lune Valley 14.4% of households are fuel poorMarsh 12.9% of households are fuel poorOverton 13.1% of households are fuel poorPoulton 24.5% of households are fuel poorScotforth East 10.1% of households are fuel poorScotforth West 15.4% of households are fuel poorSilverdale 15.0% of households are fuel poorSkerton East 17.6% of households are fuel poorSkerton West 13.2% of households are fuel poorTorrisholme 11.4% of households are fuel poorUniversity & Scotforth Rural 23.3% of households are fuel poorUpper Lune Valley 16.6% of households are fuel poorWarton 15.7% of households are fuel poorWestgate 13.1% of households are fuel poor

Median weekly wage by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the median weekly wage for different areas in Lancaster.

Dataset

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Weekly Earnings
£463 (lowest)
£563.5
£664 (highest)

Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Lancaster. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by savings and investments

No data available at this level

Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Lancaster. Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".

Dataset

Jobs below living wage
All (%)
Female (%)
Male (%)
Percentage of jobs below living wage02040Part-TimeFull-TimeAllAll (%) All: 14.9All (%) Full-Time: 0All (%) Part-Time: 26.3Female (%) All: 20Female (%) Full-Time: 0Female (%) Part-Time: 0Male (%) All: 0Male (%) Full-Time: 0Male (%) Part-Time: 0

Demographic breakdown

Poverty can disproportionately affect certain groups. This section presents analysis of Economic Insecurity with a focus on demographics.

Gender pay gap in different types of work

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Lancaster.


Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.

Dataset

Gender pay gap
Median gap (%)
Mean gap (%)
-3-60121518369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%) All: 16.9Median gap (%) Full-Time: 12.4Median gap (%) Part-Time: -5.1Mean gap (%) All: 6.9Mean gap (%) Full-Time: 4Mean gap (%) Part-Time: 2.6

People in low income households by ethnic group

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Lancaster. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore. This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are unlikely to be reliable.

Dataset

HBAI by ethnic group

No data available at this level

People in low income households by marital status

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Lancaster. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore.

Dataset

No data available at this level

See also the briefing by JRF for Economic security.