The number of children living in out-of-work families has fallen by an average of a quarter since the start of the decade.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that around one in eight (12%) children lived in a workless household in 2015, down from roughly one in six (17%) in 2010.

The trend has not been uniform across the country, however.

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A few areas have seen a rise, the largest being Doncaster in South Yorkshire, where the number has jumped by almost a third.

Stockton-on-Tees (up 26%), North Ayrshire and North Lanarkshire in Scotland (both up 14%) and Bridgend in South Wales (up 9%) also saw increases.

Northern Ireland was the only nation or region in the UK to report a rise (1%).

London has seen the biggest decrease, where the number of children in a workless household has almost halved (down 46%) since 2010.

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The figures also reveal which local areas of the country currently have the greatest percentage of children living with out-of-work families.

North Ayrshire in Scotland tops the list with 31.1%.

Middlesbrough is second (28.2%), followed by Westminster in London (27.4%), East Lindsey in Lincolnshire (26.7%) and Liverpool (26.4%).

Wokingham in Berkshire has the smallest number - just 1.8%.

The ONS defines a workless household as one where no-one aged 16 and over is in employment.

This could be because people are unemployed or unavailable to work due to retirement, family commitments or study.

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According to the ONS, the most common reason for worklessness is sickness or disability.

A total of 3.1 million households in the UK are currently classed as workless - a drop of almost a million since 2010.