Dorset
8 datasets are currently published for Dorset. 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 Dorset compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 316th of 361 (12.6 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 119th of 318 (£329,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 41st of 132 (19.5%).
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 — Dorset: 4,915, July 2026 (+1.2% year on year, from 4,855). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Dorset: 95.1, June 2026 (+1.6% year on year, from 93.6). 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 — Dorset: £329,000, Q2 2026 (+1.2% year on year, from £325,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Dorset: 19.5%, 2024/25 (-1.6 percentage points year on year, from 21.1%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Dorset: 90, Q1 2026 (+12.5% year on year, from 80). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Dorset: 391,036, 2025 (+0.4% year on year, from 389,341). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Dorset: 675, 2025 (-1.6% year on year, from 686). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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