Blackburn with Darwen

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Blackburn with Darwen. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Blackburn with Darwen, not our estimates.

• 1,938 births and 1,391 deaths: natural change added 547 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 348 people.
• International migration (net) added 1,281 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 7.
• Altogether the population grew by 2,183 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Blackburn with Darwen: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Blackburn with Darwen’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Blackburn with Darwen moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour minority administration (2026) — Labour 20, Other and independent 17, Reform UK 9, Conservative 5 of 51 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (2016–2025); Labour minority administration (2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Blackburn with Darwen’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

18,193 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 111.1 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Blackburn with Darwen’s 91 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Blackburn with Darwen 006E (rank 44), Blackburn with Darwen 009C (rank 79), Blackburn with Darwen 011B (rank 171). Least deprived: Blackburn with Darwen 013C (rank 31,263), Blackburn with Darwen 010F (rank 30,770), Blackburn with Darwen 010B (rank 28,742).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 13.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£33,076 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 5.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£29,088 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 10.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£35,377 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · up 2.2% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026760 people
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,938 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026147,489 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026154,738 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 4.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20265,785 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.2 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20265.6%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · down 7.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£108.3m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 10.4% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£104.1m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 17.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£70.6m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 28.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£9m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 7.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£348.2m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,455 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,391 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202564,050 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,066 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202520.1% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,184 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 4.0 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20265.8%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 5.8% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£165,882
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202638 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026321 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202536.9 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202537.4% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202537.2% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026348 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,381 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,281 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,100 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026547 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20267 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 2.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025162,540 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.5 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20264.9%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 4.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£713 a month
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202628 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 9.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£650 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Blackburn with Darwen; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Blackburn with Darwen, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 14,7062012→12,1842024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Blackburn with Darwen, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 14,706 in 2012 to 12,184 in 2024, a change of 2,522 or 17.1% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  12,184 in 2024 − 14,706 in 2012 = −2,522, which is 17.1% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 12,184.23 and 14,706.17, and 12,184.23 − 14,706.17 = 2,521.94.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 14,706 in 2012 to 12,184 in 2024, a change of 2,522 or 17.1% (DESNZ).

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• 3,7492012→3,0662024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Blackburn with Darwen, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,749 in 2012 to 3,066 in 2024, a change of 683 or 18.2% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,066 in 2024 − 3,749 in 2012 = −683, which is 18.2% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,066.33 and 3,749.00, and 3,066.33 − 3,749.00 = 682.67.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,749 in 2012 to 3,066 in 2024, a change of 683 or 18.2% (DESNZ).

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• £1,857Year ending March 2021→£2,455Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,857 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,455 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £598 or 32.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,455 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,857 in the year ending March 2021 = £598, which is 32.2% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,455.27 and 1,856.95, and 2,455.27 − 1,856.95 = 598.32.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,857 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,455 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £598 or 32.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £20,8232008→£33,0762025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Blackburn with Darwen, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £20,823 in 2008 to £33,076 in 2025, a change of £12,253 or 58.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £33,076 in 2025 − £20,823 in 2008 = £12,253, which is 58.8% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £20,823 in 2008 to £33,076 in 2025, a change of £12,253 or 58.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4162008→£6502025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Blackburn with Darwen, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £416 in 2008 to £650 in 2025, a change of £234 or 56.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £650 in 2025 − £416 in 2008 = £234, which is 56.1% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 649.60 and 416.10, and 649.60 − 416.10 = 233.50.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £416 in 2008 to £650 in 2025, a change of £234 or 56.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -1,187Year to mid-2012→348Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, net internal migration by local authority rose from -1,187 in Year to mid-2012 to 348 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,535 or 129.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  348 in Year to mid-2025 − -1,187 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,535, which is 129.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, net internal migration by local authority rose from -1,187 in Year to mid-2012 to 348 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,535 or 129.3% (ONS).

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• 691Year to mid-2012→2,381Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration into a local authority rose from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,381 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,690 or 244.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,381 in Year to mid-2025 − 691 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,690, which is 244.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration into a local authority rose from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,381 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,690 or 244.6% (ONS).

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• 475Year to mid-2012→1,100Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration out of a local authority rose from 475 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,100 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 625 or 131.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,100 in Year to mid-2025 − 475 in Year to mid-2012 = 625, which is 131.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, international migration out of a local authority rose from 475 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,100 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 625 or 131.6% (ONS).

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• 216Year to mid-2012→1,281Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, net international migration by local authority rose from 216 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,281 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,065 or 493.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,281 in Year to mid-2025 − 216 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,065, which is 493.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, net international migration by local authority rose from 216 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,281 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,065 or 493.1% (ONS).

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• 2,382Year to mid-2012→1,938Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, births by local authority fell from 2,382 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,938 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 444 or 18.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,938 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,382 in Year to mid-2012 = −444, which is 18.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, births by local authority fell from 2,382 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,938 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 444 or 18.6% (ONS).

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• 1,227Year to mid-2012→1,391Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, deaths by local authority rose from 1,227 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,391 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 164 or 13.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,391 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,227 in Year to mid-2012 = 164, which is 13.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, deaths by local authority rose from 1,227 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,391 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 164 or 13.4% (ONS).

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• 1,155Year to mid-2012→547Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 1,155 in Year to mid-2012 to 547 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 608 or 52.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  547 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,155 in Year to mid-2012 = −608, which is 52.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 1,155 in Year to mid-2012 to 547 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 608 or 52.6% (ONS).

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• 691Year to mid-2012→7Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Blackburn with Darwen, other population change by local authority fell from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 684 or 99.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  7 in Year to mid-2025 − 691 in Year to mid-2012 = −684, which is 99.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, other population change by local authority fell from 691 in Year to mid-2012 to 7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 684 or 99.0% (ONS).

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• £114.7m2010 Q1→£108.3m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Blackburn with Darwen, outstanding council borrowing fell from £114.7m in 2010 Q1 to £108.3m in 2026 Q2, a change of £6.4m or 5.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £108.3m in 2026 Q2 − £114.7m in 2010 Q1 = −£6.4m, which is 5.6% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 108.26 and 114.70, and 108.26 − 114.70 = 6.44.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Blackburn with Darwen, outstanding council borrowing fell from £114.7m in 2010 Q1 to £108.3m in 2026 Q2, a change of £6.4m or 5.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Blackburn with Darwen with another place

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• Blackburn with Darwen and Leeds
• Blackburn with Darwen and North Yorkshire
• Blackburn with Darwen and Somerset
• Blackburn with Darwen and Cornwall
• Blackburn with Darwen and Buckinghamshire

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Since you moved here

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Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Blackburn with Darwen are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.