# Economy and work in South West South west England. 5,906,997 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 23,850 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for South West, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) ## Median full-time pay Council level, Great Britain only, 2025. Source: ONS earnings survey. Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of South West. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=E12000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits South West: **97,825** (August 2026, region level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In South West, 97,825 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=E12000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate South West: **2.7%** (August 2026, region level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In South West, 2.7% 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 England: 33% lower (4.0%) - Against the UK: 31% lower (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=E12000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Council level, Great Britain only, March 2026. Source: ONS population survey. Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of South West. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=E12000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/council-tax) (9) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E12000009/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy#l-median-pay-full-time. 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 2026.10.9, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/south-west/economy