County Durham
8 datasets are currently published for County Durham. 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 County Durham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 176th of 361 (19.3 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 317th of 318 (£124,950).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 43rd of 132 (19.4%).
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 — County Durham: 10,390, July 2026 (+4.2% year on year, from 9,970). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — County Durham: 107.9, June 2026 (+7.0% year on year, from 100.8). 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 — County Durham: £124,950, Q2 2026 (+4.1% year on year, from £120,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — County Durham: 19.4%, 2024/25 (-3.5 percentage points year on year, from 22.9%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — County Durham: 27, Q1 2026 (-18.2% year on year, from 33). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — County Durham: 539,146, 2025 (+0.4% year on year, from 536,793). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — County Durham: 438, 2025 (-3.1% year on year, from 452). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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