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The Well-being Challenge

Social Mobility

In 2017, there were 980 children living in workless households in Children in Workless households , 2012-17*
Barrow, accounting 13% of all children living in households where
no one over the age of sixteen is in employment. This proportion is 2017** % change (2012-17)
significantly higher than the Cumbria average (8%) and national Barrow 980 -25.8%

average (10.5%).

Barrow has seen an improving picture, with a 26% decrease in the Cumbria 5,600 -26.9%

number of children in workless households since 2012, which is
lightly below the reduction experienced in Cumbria and England. England 1,116,700 -26.5%

The Social Mobility Index (SMI) compares the chances for children Proportion of children in workless households, 2012-17*
from a disadvantaged socio-economic to do well in life across
different local authorities. Social mobility is relatively low in Barrow,
with the borough ranking 280 out of 324 local authorities.
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Social Mobility Index, 2017

Early
Overall School Youth Adulthood
Years

Barrow 280 264 280 212 174

* Data for 2017 are provided here, as estimates for Barrow in 2018 were
supressed due to small sample size.

** Figures are rounded.
Source: Workless households for regions across UK 2018, ONS, 2019; Social Mobility Index, ONS, 2017