Darlington
8 datasets are currently published for Darlington. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Darlington compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 127th of 361 (21.9 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 305th of 318 (£150,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 29th of 132 (20.1%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Darlington: 2,480, July 2026 (+0.2% year on year, from 2,475). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Darlington: 105.7, June 2026 (+3.8% year on year, from 101.8). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Darlington: £150,000, Q2 2026 (-6.2% year on year, from £160,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Darlington: 20.1%, 2024/25 (-2.1 percentage points year on year, from 22.2%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Darlington: 3, Q1 2026 (-40.0% year on year, from 5). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Darlington: 113,402, 2025 (+1.1% year on year, from 112,150). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Darlington: 137, 2025 (+15.1% year on year, from 119). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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