Stockton-on-Tees: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£276,341

Semi-detached

£164,015

Terraced

£127,713

Flat or maisonette

£85,706

First-time buyers

£146,042

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

  175,154 in 1991 → 206,800 in 2024 (+18.1%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £122,936 in 2005 → £170,029 in 2026 (+38.3%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £344 in 2008 → £580 in 2025 (+68.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  70.6% in 2004 → 74.1% in 2023 (+5.0%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  4.2% in 2001 → 3.8% in 2025 (−9.5%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £9,474 in 1997 → £20,623 in 2024 (+117.7%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Stockton-on-Tees; 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) · 2nd highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing4.7× earnings (April 2025) · 14th lowest of 316
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work7.8% (2024) · 43rd lowest of 296
• Business births · Economy & work12.1% (2024) · 75th highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing54.9 years (2022 to 2024) · 171st highest of 195
• Qualified to A level or above · Education & skills57.3% (2023) · 302nd highest of 348
• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£20,623 (2024) · 309th highest of 361
• Three-year business survival · Economy & work48.2% (2021) · 319th highest of 374

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)78.7 years · England 80.0 · 99th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)82.4 years · England 83.8 · 108th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)55.6 years · England 60.9 · 131st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)54.9 years · England 61.3 · 138th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)370.4 per 100k · England 321.0 · 100th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)11.4% · England 10.4 · 91st lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)73.5% · England 64.6 · 143rd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)69.5% · England 68.3 · 63rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.0 score · England 46.0 · 89th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)7.1% · England 5.8 · 124th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)22.3% · England 19.8 · 102nd lowest of 153