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Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over

Statistics on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 18 September 2018
• Last updated: 7 September 2023 — See all updates

These publications show the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.

The latest annual release of statistics includes new information to better present the labour market picture for older workers, including the following new breakdowns:

• working patterns of older workers:
  • hours worked
  • main work location
  • work pattern
  • current employment duration
• additional characteristics of older people in the labour market:
  • highest qualification level
  • ethnicity
• the duration of inactivity and unemployment and inactivity by previous industry
• employment by sector and proportion of older workers within each sector
• single year age breakdowns of employment and inactivity rates
• regional breakdowns of inactivity rates and local authority breakdowns of employment, unemployment and inactivity rates

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Latest release

• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2023
  • 24 October 2023
  • Official Statistics

Previous releases

• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2022
  • 8 September 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2021
  • 9 September 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2020
  • 19 November 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2019
  • 12 September 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: October 2018
  • 11 October 2018
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2017
  • 7 September 2017
  • Official Statistics
• Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984 (experimental)
  • 4 January 2017
  • Official Statistics

Published 18 September 2018
Last updated 7 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 7 September 2023

   Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2023'.

2. 16 August 2023

   Added a note explaining that the next release of annual statistics will include new information about the labour market for older workers. The next release will be published on 7 September 2023.

3. 8 September 2022

   Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2022'.

4. 9 September 2021

   Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2021'.

5. 10 September 2020

   Added a link to the latest release of statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2020'.

6. 12 September 2019

   Added latest release of the statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2019'.

7. 11 October 2018

   Added latest release of these statistics 'Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: October 2018'.

8. 18 September 2018

   First published.