26 measures across local authorities
Geographical gaps
How far apart councils sit on each measure, and whether the spread has widened or narrowed: the gap between the 90th and 10th percentile of local authorities, in the first period held and the latest. A wider gap is a wider gap; the page does not say whether that is welcome.
Looking for what the site does not hold? That is data gaps.
| Measure | p90 − p10, first period | p90 − p10, latest | Change in the gap | Median, latest | Areas · periods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asylum seekers supported in each council areapeople · Home Office | 8202018 Q1 | 6882026 Q2 | −131.8−16.1% | 111 | 346 · 30 |
| Average house price£ · HM Land Registry | £45,346January 1995 | £315,074June 2026 | +269,728.1+594.8% | £272,210 | 360 · 378 |
| Average private rent a month£ a month · ONS | £712January 2015 | £1,083July 2026 | +371.5+52.2% | £1,025 | 316 · 139 |
| Band D council tax by billing authority£ a year · MHCLG | £362Year ending March 2021 | £366Year ending March 2027 | +3.9+1.1% | £2,441 | 296 · 7 |
| Births by local authoritypeople · ONS | 3,755Year to mid-2012 | 2,879Year to mid-2025 | −875.9−23.3% | 1,309 | 318 · 14 |
| Births minus deaths by local authoritypeople · ONS | 2,130Year to mid-2012 | 1,846Year to mid-2025 | −284.0−13.3% | -96 | 318 · 14 |
| Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64percent · ONS | 5.5%January 1992 | 3.4%July 2026 | −2.1−38.5% | 3.1% | 361 · 415 |
| Council investments held£ million · MHCLG | £164.4m2020 Q2 | £118.6m2026 Q2 | −45.8−27.8% | £42.8m | 361 · 25 |
| Council spending on services£ million · MHCLG | £442.5mYear ending March 2018 | £677.8mYear ending March 2025 | +235.3+53.2% | £28.9m | 293 · 8 |
| Deaths by local authoritypeople · ONS | 2,054Year to mid-2012 | 2,271Year to mid-2025 | +217.0+10.6% | 1,420 | 318 · 14 |
| Earmarked council reserves£ million · MHCLG | £87.2mYear ending March 2018 | £116.7mYear ending March 2025 | +29.5+33.8% | £28.9m | 293 · 8 |
| House price annual changepercent · HM Land Registry | 11.4%January 1996 | 9.4%June 2026 | −2.0−17.7% | 3% | 360 · 366 |
| International migration into a local authoritypeople · ONS | 5,192Year to mid-2012 | 6,218Year to mid-2025 | +1,025.9+19.8% | 1,292 | 318 · 14 |
| International migration out of a local authoritypeople · ONS | 3,870Year to mid-2012 | 4,557Year to mid-2025 | +687.1+17.8% | 954 | 318 · 14 |
| Mean domestic electricity consumption per meterkWh a year · DESNZ | 1,2442012 | 1,1032024 | −140.7−11.3% | 3,351 | 318 · 13 |
| Mean domestic gas consumption per meterkWh a year · DESNZ | 4,0152012 | 3,0292024 | −986.0−24.6% | 11,117 | 317 · 13 |
| Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence£ a year · ONS | £10,2702008 | £12,3282025 | +2,058.3+20.0% | £38,490 | 348 · 18 |
| Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence£ a week · ONS | £1752008 | £2232025 | +48.1+27.5% | £758 | 348 · 18 |
| Net internal migration by local authoritypeople · ONS | 2,075Year to mid-2012 | 5,703Year to mid-2025 | +3,627.8+174.8% | 635 | 318 · 14 |
| Net international migration by local authoritypeople · ONS | 1,597Year to mid-2012 | 1,838Year to mid-2025 | +240.6+15.1% | 267 | 318 · 14 |
| Other population change by local authoritypeople · ONS | 1,074Year to mid-2012 | 107Year to mid-2025 | −967.2−90.1% | 4 | 318 · 14 |
| Outstanding council borrowing£ million · MHCLG | £403.3m2010 Q1 | £820.1m2026 Q2 | +416.7+103.3% | £171.2m | 361 · 36 |
| People claiming unemployment-related benefitspeople · ONS | 17,852January 1986 | 8,925July 2026 | −8,926.5−50.0% | 2,700 | 361 · 487 |
| Population by local authoritypeople · ONS | 231,266Mid-2011 | 254,787Mid-2024 | +23,521+10.2% | 148,448 | 361 · 14 |
| Private rent annual changepercent · ONS | 5.7%January 2016 | 5.9%July 2026 | +0.2+4.3% | 3.8% | 316 · 127 |
| Unallocated council reserves£ million · MHCLG | £15.9mYear ending March 2018 | £23.7mYear ending March 2025 | +7.8+49.1% | £8.1m | 293 · 8 |
How this page is made
For each period every council reports, the councils’ published figures are sorted and the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles taken by linear interpolation. The gap is the 90th percentile minus the 10th, in the measure’s own unit; money is in cash terms, so a gap in pounds grows with prices as well as with dispersion, and each measure’s page also shows the coefficient of variation, which does not. A period is used only when at least six in ten councils have a figure for it. Councils on different publication schedules are never mixed into one period.
Related: your area against the country · rankings · divergence between two measures.