Revealed: Welsh Local Authority areas have 9% more key workers than the UK

Recent ONS data has revealed the number of key workers within local authority areas around the UK. 

On average, Welsh Local Authority Areas have 9% more key workers than the rest of the UK.

• The Isle of Anglesey takes top position with 43.3% of workers holding a key worker role – this is 24.8% above the Welsh average and 32% above the UK average
• Blaenau Gwent and Ceredigion local authorities take second and third position with 42.5% and 41.5% of workers holding a key worker role, respectively
• A study by money.co.uk found that Google searches for key worker job roles rose by 67% during the UK’s lockdown period
• Delivery drivers (+475%), Postal workers (+371%), and Care workers (+144%) had the biggest increase in searches.

Here’s how each Local Authority stacked up:

In light of this, the personal finance experts at money.co.uk have released their 2020 Key Worker Nation Report which analyses the last 90 days of Google Search data for 24 key worker roles in the UK.

Overall search volume for key worker roles rose by 67% but for the top ten most popular roles search volumes were up on average by 164%.