Claimant rate: every council in Wales
Newport had the highest claimant rate of Wales’s 22 councils in August 2026, at 4.5%.
Monmouthshire had the lowest, at 2.3%. The middle council, Swansea, had 3.4%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport | 4.5% |
| =2 | Blaenau Gwent | 3.9% |
| =2 | Cardiff | 3.9% |
| =4 | Conwy | 3.7% |
| =4 | Torfaen | 3.7% |
| 6 | Denbighshire | 3.6% |
| =7 | Caerphilly | 3.5% |
| =7 | Isle of Anglesey | 3.5% |
| =9 | Merthyr Tydfil | 3.4% |
| =9 | Pembrokeshire | 3.4% |
| =9 | Swansea | 3.4% |
| 12 | Vale of Glamorgan | 3.3% |
| =13 | Neath Port Talbot | 3.2% |
| =13 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 3.2% |
| =15 | Bridgend | 3.0% |
| =15 | Carmarthenshire | 3.0% |
| =15 | Flintshire | 3.0% |
| =15 | Wrexham | 3.0% |
| 19 | Gwynedd | 2.9% |
| 20 | Powys | 2.7% |
| 21 | Ceredigion | 2.6% |
| 22 | Monmouthshire | 2.3% |