St. Helens
8 datasets are currently published for St. Helens. 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 St. Helens compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 114th of 361 (22.8 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 289th of 318 (shared with 2 other local authority districts) (£175,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 64th of 132 (18.5%).
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 by age — St. Helens: 4,330, July 2026 (+0.2% year on year, from 4,320). 4,330 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (2,480, 57%). Next largest was Aged 16-24 (1,005). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 50+, 6% higher (845). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — St. Helens: 4,335, July 2026 (+0.3% year on year, from 4,320). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — St Helens: 111.2, June 2026 (+11.1% year on year, from 100.1). 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 — St. Helens: £175,000, Q2 2026 (-2.5% year on year, from £179,475). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — St. Helens: 18.5%, 2024/25 (-2.1 percentage points year on year, from 20.5%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — St. Helens: 6, Q1 2026 (-33.3% year on year, from 9). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — St. Helens: 189,890, 2025 (+0.8% year on year, from 188,397). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — St. Helens: 244, 2025 (+3.0% year on year, from 237). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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