# Economy and work in Mid Ulster West Northern Ireland. 152,292 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 1,957 square kilometres. 2 layers about economy and work for Mid Ulster, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/northern-ireland) ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Mid Ulster: **2,045** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Mid Ulster, 2,045 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=N09000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Mid Ulster: **2.2%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Mid Ulster, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. For the UK as a whole, the figure was 3.9%. - Against Northern Ireland: 24% lower (2.9%) - Against the UK: 44% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=N09000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/northern-ireland) · https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy#l-claimant-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/housing) (3) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/people) (16) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/deprivation) (2) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/health) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/environment) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/connectivity) (4) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/elections) (5) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/sources) (12) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/N09000009/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy#l-claimant-count. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy