# Unemployment rate

Shows the unemployment rate among people in the civilian labor force in the surrounding postcode.

- API name: `unemployment_rate`
- Category: Demography
- Postcodes with a value: 33.5K (98.2%)
- Latest collection: Dec 31, 2024, refreshed yearly
- How values combine: Read from a single source field.
- Middle 50% of values: 0.02 to 0.06

## Links

- [Catalog page](/catalog/v2/unemployment_rate)
- [Published statistics (JSON)](https://static.faraday.ai/figv2/unemployment_rate.json)
- [API reference](/docs/reference/getattribute)