Waltham Forest
8 datasets are currently published for Waltham Forest. 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 Waltham Forest compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 12th of 361 (44.7 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 12th of 318 (shared with 2 other local authority districts) (£530,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 65th 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 — Waltham Forest: 12,675, July 2026 (-4.7% year on year, from 13,295). 12,675 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (7,420, 59%). Next largest was Aged 50+ (3,250). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 25-49, 6% lower (7,420). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — Waltham Forest: 12,680, July 2026 (-4.6% year on year, from 13,295). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Waltham Forest: 102.2, June 2026 (+2.5% year on year, from 99.7). 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 — Waltham Forest: £530,000, Q2 2026 (+4.5% year on year, from £507,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Waltham Forest: 18.5%, 2024/25 (-0.3 percentage points year on year, from 18.8%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Waltham Forest: 18, Q1 2026 (+12.5% year on year, from 16). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Waltham Forest: 283,713, 2025 (-0.0% year on year, from 283,782). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Waltham Forest: 502, 2025 (+0.6% year on year, from 499). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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