People on Universal Credit by LSOA with Employment Status

Leicester City Council provides monthly counts of Universal Credit claimants, broken down by Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA). The data includes provisional figures for the latest month and a breakdown of claimants in or out of employment for revised months. Statistical disclosure control is applied to prevent individual identification.

Use Cases

• Mapping welfare claimant density based on LSOA geography.
• Analyzing the relationship between employment status and welfare receipt based on the employment breakdown.
• Tracking monthly changes in provisional and finalised Universal Credit claimant counts.
• Assessing local financial need for service planning based on claimant numbers.

Strengths

• Data includes a breakdown of claimants by employment status.
• Statistical disclosure control is applied to guard against individual identification.
• Monthly provisional and finalised figures are provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Latest month's employment breakdown is not available.

Provenance

Source

Leicester City Council

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Universal Credit system.

Time Range

Monthly series; latest provisional data for the second Thursday of each month.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 11:34:53.196238; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), likely within Leicester City Council jurisdiction.