At the end of October registered unemployment stood at 866, an unemployment rate of 1.9%, which is the same as the previous month. 

During the month 216 people signed on but 209 signed off the unemployment register, a rise of 7 in the total.  Of this total, 604 are males and 262 are females.

590 vacancies were notified to the Job Centre during the month and at the end of the month 293 positions were still vacant and held on file.