Employment and labour market Labour market economic commentary: October 2017
The unemployment rate was 4.3% in the three months to August 2017, the joint lowest since 1975.
There were 94,000 more people in work compared with the three months to May 2017, out of which 78,000 were women.
The inactivity rate was 21.4%, down slightly when compared with the previous three months. UK labour market statistics: Oct 2017
Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between March to May 2017 and June to August 2017, the number of people in work increased, the number of unemployed people fell, and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 not working and not seeking or available to work (economically inactive) also fell.
There were 32.10 million people in work, 94,000 more than for March to May 2017 and 317,000 more than for a year earlier.
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 75.1%, up from 74.5% for a year earlier. Regional labour market statistics in the UK: Oct 2017
For the three months ending August 2017, the highest employment rate in the UK was in the South East (79.2%) and the lowest was in Northern Ireland (68.4%).
For the three months ending August 2017, the highest unemployment rate in the UK was in the North East (5.8%) and the lowest was in the South East (3.3%).
For the three months ending August 2017, the highest economic inactivity rate in the UK was in Northern Ireland (28.1%) and the lowest was in the South East (18.1%). People, population and community Divorces in England and Wales: 2016
There were 106,959 divorces of opposite-sex couples in 2016, an increase of 5.8% compared with 2015.
There were 112 divorces of same-sex couples in 2016; of these 78% were among female couples.
In 2016, there were 8.9 divorces of opposite-sex couples per 1,000 married men and women aged 16 and over (divorce rates), an increase of 4.7% since 2015; however, divorce rates in 2016 are over 20% lower than the recent peak in divorce rate in 2003 and 2004. Web data affords desirable view of local rents – how ONS is tapping into linked and open data to establish average monthly rent prices for small areas In our latest blogpost, Nigel Henretty explains that it's housing policy makers that are really at the heart of why a greater understanding of the private rented sector is needed. | 
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