Blackburn with Darwen: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£292,854

Semi-detached

£183,019

Terraced

£138,194

Flat or maisonette

£89,564

First-time buyers

£149,592

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  137,402 in 1991 → 162,540 in 2024 (+18.3%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £94,191 in 2005 → £165,131 in 2026 (+75.3%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £345 in 2008 → £559 in 2025 (+62.1%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  68.7% in 2004 → 67.6% in 2023 (−1.6%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.3% in 2001 → 5.5% in 2025 (+66.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,327 in 1997 → £17,707 in 2024 (+112.6%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Blackburn with Darwen; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Housing affordability · Housing5.1× earnings (April 2025) · 30th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work12.8% (2024) · 49th highest of 361
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment3.1 t per person (2024) · 59th lowest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access9 min (2019) · 68th lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£17,707 (2024) · 357th highest of 361
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing47.2 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 285th lowest of 292
• Economic inactivity · Economy & work29.5% (2023) · 331st lowest of 348
• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work38.5% (2024/25) · 344th lowest of 363

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)76.4 years · England 80.0 · 148th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)81.0 years · England 83.8 · 145th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)54.0 years · England 60.9 · 143rd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)54.4 years · England 61.3 · 140th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)470.2 per 100k · England 321.0 · 147th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)12.6% · England 10.4 · 114th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)67.0% · England 64.6 · 88th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)65.2% · England 68.3 · 124th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.6 score · England 46.0 · 78th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.9% · England 5.8 · 48th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)36.2% · England 19.8 · 150th lowest of 153