Blackpool: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£238,826

Semi-detached

£161,162

Terraced

£120,578

Flat or maisonette

£75,951

First-time buyers

£127,773

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

  148,617 in 1991 → 144,191 in 2024 (−3.0%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £109,715 in 2005 → £137,386 in 2026 (+25.2%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £307 in 2008 → £540 in 2025 (+76.0%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  68.8% in 2004 → 69.7% in 2023 (+1.3%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.6% in 2001 → 5.7% in 2025 (+58.3%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £9,378 in 1997 → £19,921 in 2024 (+112.4%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Blackpool; 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

• 4G coverage · Connectivity & access100.0% (January 2026) · 5th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing4.3× earnings (April 2025) · 6th lowest of 316
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment2.8 t per person (2024) · 29th lowest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access8 min (2019) · 33rd lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Smokers · Health & wellbeing19.7% (2020 to 2024) · 372nd lowest of 373
• Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing50.9 years (2022 to 2024) · 195th highest of 195
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing54.4 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 292nd lowest of 292
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work13.9% (2024) · 294th lowest of 296

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)75.3 years · England 80.0 · 150th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)79.9 years · England 83.8 · 151st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)50.9 years · England 60.9 · 151st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)51.8 years · England 61.3 · 149th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)555.0 per 100k · England 321.0 · 151st lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)20.8% · England 10.4 · 148th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)67.8% · England 64.6 · 99th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)63.5% · England 68.3 · 144th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)38.4 score · England 46.0 · 152nd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)9.1% · England 5.8 · 141st lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)30.5% · England 19.8 · 135th lowest of 153