Official Statistics

Rural economic activity statistics

Employment status and working patterns of people living in urban and rural areas.

Applies to England

Documents

Rural economic activity

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Economic activity indicators showing the employment status and working patterns of people living in urban and rural areas.

These documents are part of the larger compendium publication the Statistical Digest of Rural England, a collection of rural statistics on a wide range of social and economic government policy areas. The statistics allow comparisons between the different rural and urban area classifications.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • working age people in employment
  • working age people who are unemployed
  • working age people who are economically inactive

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

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Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 25 November 2021 + show all updates
  1. Published today, latest statistics on economic activity in rural areas.

  2. Published today, latest statistics on employment, unemployment and inactivity in rural areas.

  3. Published today, latest statistics on economic activity in rural areas.

  4. Published today, latest rural employment figures.

  5. Now includes 2015 rural economic activity estimates.

  6. We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

  7. Rural economic activity for 2013 published today.

  8. Latest economic activity trends for rural settlements published.

  9. First published.