The number of households with at least one person aged 16 to 64
in which no-one was in work was 3.7 million in 2012, down
153,000 on a year earlier There were 5.02 million people aged 16
to 64 living in workless households and a further 1.75 million
children aged 0 to 15 The main reason for worklessness was being
disabled or sick. Around 1.45 million people gave this reason,
accounting for 29 per cent of those in workless households. The
second most common reason was unemployment, accounting for 1.03
million, or around 1 in every 5. Around 45 per cent of
council/housing association households were workless, compared
with 4 per cent of households buying their home through a
mortgage The majority of children aged 0 to 15 in the UK lived
with couples, 8.75 million of the estimated total of 11.64
million. However the majority of the 1.75 million children
living in workless households lived with lone parents, 1.16
million, or 2 in every 3 children. Source: Office for National
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