first graph (working-age adults over time): the proportion of working-age people in receipt of out-of-work benefits has followed similar trends over time in all types of authority.
second graph and first map (working-age adults by local authority): twice as many working-age people in Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil are in receipt of out-of-work benefits as in Ceredigion, Monmouthshire and Powys.
third graph (retirement-age adults over time): the proportion of older people in receipt of the guaranteed element of Pension Credit has followed similar trends over time in all types of authority.
fourth graph and second map (retirement-age adults by local authority): more people are in receipt of guaranteed Pension Credit in The Valleys than elsewhere but the differences are much less than for working-age people in receipt of out-of-work benefits.
first graph (over time): despite a rise in the the latest two years, the number of benefit claimants is still below that of a decade ago. The biggest group of benefit claimants remains those who are sick or disabled.
second graph (by reason): two-fifths of all claimants of out-of-work disability benefits have mental or behaviour conditions.
third graph (by age): two-fifths of all working-age claimants of out-of-work disability benefits are less than 45.
fourth graph and map (by local authority): twice as many working-age people in Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil are in receipt of out-of-work benefits as in Ceredigion, Monmouthshire and Powys.
fifth graph (compared with Great Britain): Wales has more people in receipt of out-of-work benefits than most of the rest of Great Britain. This is mainly because it has a high number of people who are both sick or disabled and out-of-work.
first graph (over time): most working-age people receiving a key out-of-work benefit for two years or more are sick or disabled.
second graph (by reason): two-fifths of all long-term claimants of out-of-work disability benefits have mental or behaviour disorders.
third graph (by age): two-thirds of the long-term claimants of out-of-work disability benefits are aged less than 55 and a third are aged less than 45.
first graph (over time): almost half of all the primary school children who are eligible for free school meals are concentrated in a fifth of the schools, a similar proportion to a decade ago.
second graph (by type of school): poor children are much more concentrated in primary schools than in secondary schools.
second graph (by local authority): in some authorities, a third or more of the primary schools have a high proportion of their pupils eligible for free school meals. In other authorities, there are very few such primary schools.
second graph and map (by local authority): the proportion of 11-year-olds assessed as failing to achieve level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 is highest in Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil.
first graph (over time): over the last decade, claimant numbers in the areas with the most claimants have fallen at a somewhat slower rate than those in the areas with the least claimants.
second graph (rates): around a third of working-age people receive out-of-work benefits in the areas with the highest concentrations. This is twice the rate for areas with average concentrations.
third graph (shares): around a third of working-age recipients of out-of-work benefits live in a fifth of small areas, whilst the other two-thirds live outside of these areas.
first graph and map (by local authority): the proportion of employees earning less than £7 per hour is highest in Gwynedd.
second graph (compared with the United Kingdom): Wales has a somewhat higher proportion of employees earning less than £7 per hour than most other parts of the United Kingdom.
first graph (over time): at both the top and the bottom of the pay scale, rates of pay for women have become closer to rates of pay for men but are still lower.
second graph (by gender and type): almost half of all part-time workers – both men and women – are paid less than £7 per hour.
first graph (by age and social class): at all ages, adults in routine and manual occupational groups are somewhat more likely to have a limiting longstanding illness than those from other occupational groups.
first graph (over time): each year around 1,500 more people aged 65 or over die in winter months than in other months.
second graph (compared to England): the rate of excess winter deaths amongst those aged 65 and over in Wales is similar to that in all of the English regions.