Redcar and Cleveland: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£253,865

Semi-detached

£156,760

Terraced

£119,296

Flat or maisonette

£79,940

First-time buyers

£135,012

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

  145,880 in 1991 → 139,228 in 2024 (−4.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £112,775 in 2005 → £151,341 in 2026 (+34.2%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £337 in 2008 → £557 in 2025 (+65.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  69.1% in 2004 → 74.3% in 2023 (+7.5%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  4.6% in 2001 → 3.7% in 2025 (−19.6%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,876 in 1997 → £19,739 in 2024 (+122.4%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Redcar and Cleveland; 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 · Housing4.7× earnings (April 2025) · 15th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work11.6% (2024) · 100th highest of 361
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access86% (May 2024) · 108th highest of 318
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work8.9% (2024) · 104th lowest of 296

Where it ranks worst

• Median weekly pay · Economy & work£557 (April 2025) · 340th highest of 359
• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£19,739 (2024) · 339th highest of 361
• Job density · Economy & work0.55 jobs per resident (2024) · 327th highest of 350
• Adult obesity · Health & wellbeing35.5% (2024/25) · 275th lowest of 296

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)79.2 years · England 80.0 · 87th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)81.8 years · England 83.8 · 132nd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)54.3 years · England 60.9 · 142nd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)54.3 years · England 61.3 · 141st highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)375.1 per 100k · England 321.0 · 103rd lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)13.8% · England 10.4 · 129th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)67.4% · England 64.6 · 93rd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.8% · England 68.3 · 88th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)43.9 score · England 46.0 · 114th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)5.5% · England 5.8 · 93rd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)26.2% · England 19.8 · 120th lowest of 153