Denomination 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Employment rate of women aged 25–49 74.4 74.2 74.0 75.6 76.8 79.1 80.3 82.5 83.5 83.9 84.5 82.2 83.0 84.6 84.3
By number of children living in the householda
1 76.8 77.3 76.6 77.9 79.0 80.6 82.3 84.7 84.5 84.7 85.9 82.2 84.7 85.8 85.7
2 76.6 75.4 75.2 77.6 79.4 80.5 81.2 81.7 84.6 83.9 84.9 82.9 82.4 84.9 84.0
3 or more 48.8 48.4 47.0 47.8 51.2 55.7 56.5 61.5 60.4 66.0 64.9 64.9 66.0 67.1 67.1
By age of the youngest child in the householda
0–2 68.2 66.6 66.4 69.1 70.1 67.2 67.7 69.6 71.0 73.0 73.0 73.4 75.1 77.7 78.3
3–5 63.8 62.9 65.1 65.4 67.5 70.8 70.8 73.4 74.8 75.9 76.1 69.9 70.7 75.0 73.8
6–16 74.5 74.8 72.9 74.7 76.5 80.0 82.3 84.4 85.2 85.3 87.0 84.7 86.0 86.9 85.5
17–24 80.2 80.4 79.9 80.7 82.9 85.0 85.8 88.3 88.6 89.2 90.0 86.5 86.0 86.0 88.4
There are no children living in the household 77.9 77.6 78.8 80.3 80.3 83.1 84.2 86.3 87.3 87.5 87.7 85.8 86.2 87.6 87.6

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.
aInactive people aged 0–14 and 15–24 having 'child' family status in the household are considered children.

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Break in series (limited comparability).
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