Cities with lowest unemployment in United Kingdom
Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1.5 % (www.ons.gov.uk, 2023-12-31).
United Kingdom municipalities ranked by their own published total unemployment rate, without regional substitutes.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-08-27
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom | 1.5 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 2 | Kendal, United Kingdom | 1.5 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 3 | Gloucester, United Kingdom | 1.6 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 4 | Cheltenham, United Kingdom | 1.74 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 5 | Stroud, United Kingdom | 1.9 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 6 | Basildon, United Kingdom | 1.92 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 7 | Harrogate, United Kingdom | 2 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 8 | Worthing, United Kingdom | 2.07 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2017-12-31 |
| 9 | Horley, United Kingdom | 2.1 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 10 | Redhill, United Kingdom | 2.1 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 11 | Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom | 2.14 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 12 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 2.2 % | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27 |
| 13 | York, United Kingdom | 2.27 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 14 | Maidstone, United Kingdom | 2.33 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 15 | Worcester, United Kingdom | 2.34 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 16 | Inverness, United Kingdom | 2.5 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 17 | Colchester, United Kingdom | 2.51 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 18 | Stockport, United Kingdom | 2.58 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 19 | Swindon, United Kingdom | 2.6 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 20 | Ipswich, United Kingdom | 2.69 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 21 | Chippenham, United Kingdom | 2.7 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 22 | Warwick, United Kingdom | 2.75 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2018-12-31 |
| 23 | Bridgwater, United Kingdom | 2.8 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 24 | Frome, United Kingdom | 2.8 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 25 | Windsor, United Kingdom | 2.8 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 26 | Yeovil, United Kingdom | 2.8 % | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27 |
| 27 | Woking, United Kingdom | 2.85 % | 2026-08-05 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2017-12-31 |
| 28 | East Kilbride, United Kingdom | 2.9 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 29 | Hamilton, United Kingdom | 2.9 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 30 | Perth, United Kingdom | 2.9 % | 2026-08-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom leads at 1.5 %.
- Perth, United Kingdom sits at the other end with 2.9 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 2.5 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 1.4 %.
Quick answer
What does Cities with lowest unemployment in United Kingdom show?
Barrow in Furness, United Kingdom has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1.5 % (www.ons.gov.uk, 2023-12-31).
How this list is built
Every row is a published unemployment rate observation measured in %, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2017 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- city
- Observation period
- 2017-12-31 to 2026-08-27
- Last checked
- 2026-08-27
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cities with lowest unemployment in United Kingdom [ImmigrationDB compilation; version da6761661e174691f6fed630eb936a78]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-cities-with-lowest-unemployment/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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