Analysis

Unemployed %

Economically active population who are unemployed (Census 2021)

economyUnit: %Source: ONS Census 2021

The metrics below move with Unemployed % across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Lone Parent Households %social	very_strong	0.89	567
2	No Car/Van %social	very_strong	0.85	567
3	Claimant Ratesocial	very_strong	0.81	523
4	English Not Well %demographic	strong	0.79	567
5	Born outside EU %demographic

Strongest negative correlatesMove in opposite directions

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	Over-65s %demographic	very_strong	-0.83	507
2	Population Over 65demographic	very_strong	-0.82	514
3	White Population %demographic	strong	-0.79	535
4	Home Ownership %housing

How to read this

Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
Click any correlate to explore its drivers and walk the network of relationships.

Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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