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County Durham

Population change since 2012
Population change since 2012
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Persons all ages
County Durham	517,573	519,347	521,776	523,662	526,980	530,094
North East	2,618,736	2,624,579	2,636,589	2,644,727	2,657,909	2,669,941
England	54,316,618	54,786,327	55,268,067	55,619,430	55,977,178	56,286,961

Source: ONS MYE

Population Projections - County Durham
Population projections provide an indication of the future size and age structure of the population based on mid-year population estimates and a set of assumptions of future fertility, mortality and migration. Available for the UK and its constituent countries as national population projections and for the regions, local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in England as sub-national population projections. These projections are widely used for resource allocation and planning (Source: ONS SNPP)

The charts and tables below outline the national population projections produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These projections represent the county's predicted resident population for 2043.

Sources:
Office for National Statistics (ONS): Sub-national population projections (SNPPs).

Ethnic makeup

Ethnicity	Number	%
All Usual Residents 	513,242	100
White: British 	495,664	96.6
White: Irish 	1,229	0.2
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 	467	0.1
Other White 	6,409	1.2
Asian British: Bangladeshi 	241	0
Asian British: Chinese 	1,598	0.3
Asian British: Indian 	1,368	0.3
Asian British: Pakistani 	463	0.1
Asian British: Other	1,186	0.2
Black British: African 	447	0.1
Black British: Caribbean 	158	0
Black British: Other	96	0
Mixed: White and Asian 	1,093	0.2
Mixed: White and Black African 	321	0.1
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 	969	0.2
Other Mixed 	711	0.1
Any other ethnic groups 	363	0.1

Source: ONS Census 2011

Country of Birth

Country	Number	%
England 	485,955	94.7
Scotland 	7,381	1.4
Wales 	1,820	0.4
Northern Ireland 	1,403	0.3
Ireland 	915	0.2
UK not otherwise specified 	20	0
EU: Member in March 2001 	3,771	0.7
EU Accession countries April 2001 - March 2011 	2,832	0.6
Other EU 	6,603	1.3
Other 	9,145	1.8

Source: ONS Census 2011

	Count	% of total	Count	% of total	Count	% of total
	County Durham		North East		England
Enterprises: Total	14,105	100	71,460	100	2,390,970	100
Micro (0 to 9)	12,425	88.1	62,595	87.6	2,144,180	89.7
Small (10 to 49)	1,385	9.8	7,230	10.1	200,445	8.4
Medium-sized (50 to 249)	255	1.8	1,285	1.8	36,885	1.5
Large (250+)	40	0.3	350	0.5	9,460	0.4

Source: Office for National Statistics Inter Departmental Business Register

Enterprises by Employment Size 2020 

	% of total	Count
	County Durham
1 : Agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)	9.7	1,375
2 : Mining, quarrying & utilities (B,D and E)	0.9	125
3 : Manufacturing (C)	6.3	880
4 : Construction (F)	14.7	2,075
5 : Motor trades (Part G)	3.9	550
6 : Wholesale (Part G)	2.9	410
7 : Retail (Part G)	8.2	1,160
8 : Transport & storage (inc postal) (H)	5.2	740
9 : Accommodation & food services (I)	8.7	1,225
10 : Information & communication (J)	3.3	470
11 : Financial & insurance (K)	1.3	190
12 : Property (L)	2.6	365
13 : Professional, scientific & technical (M)	12.2	1,720
14 : Business administration & support services (N)	6.8	965
15 : Public administration & defence (O)	0.6	85
16 : Education (P)	1.7	240
17 : Health (Q)	3.6	510
18 : Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services (R,S,T and U)	7.2	1,020

Source: Office for National Statistics Inter Departmental Business Register

Employment - Jobs

Source abbreviations:
ONS BRES = Office for National Statistics Business Register Employment Survey

The BRES is a sample survey of businsesses (sample size of around 80,000) collecting employment information from across the whole of the UK economy for each site that they operate. The data is broken down by full/part-time, public/private sector and by industry and is available from a national level down to sub-county areas (Lower Super Output areas – LSOAs - in England).

Related Factsheet
BRES Jobs in County Durham

	Count	% change from previous year	Count	Count
	County Durham		North East	England
Total number of Jobs	177,436	-1.2	1,083,502	28,202,850
Total number of Employees	170,527	-1.8	1,054,695	27,249,383
Total number of Full-time Employees	114,638	-1.2	704,285	18,474,446
Total number of Part-time Employees	55,889	-1.6	350,410	8,774,936

ONS BRES = Office for National Statistics Business Register Employment Survey

Claimant Count - 16+ population

Note: The Claimant Count does not meet the internationally agreed definition of unemployment specified by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Estimates of unemployment are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and modelled estimates which make use of the Annual Population Survey.

The Claimant Count measures the number of people claiming benefit principally for the reason of being unemployed:

from April 2015, the Claimant Count includes all Universal Credit claimants who are required to seek work and be available for work, as well as all JSA claimants,
between May 2013 and March 2015, the Claimant Count includes all out of work Universal Credit claimants as well as all JSA claimants,
between October 1996 and April 2013, the Claimant Count is a count of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA),
between January 1971 (when comparable estimates start) and September 1996, it is an estimate of the number of people who would have claimed unemployment-related benefit if Jobseeker's Allowance had existed at that time.

The Claimant Count includes people who claim unemployment-related benefits but who do not receive payment. For example, some claimants will have had their benefits stopped for a limited period of time by Jobcentre Plus. Some people claim JSA in order to receive National Insurance Credits.

Under Universal Credit it is expected that a broader span of claimants will claim benefit principally for the reason of being unemployed and therefore be included within the Claimant Count. This means that, with the roll-out of Universal Credit, the level of the Claimant Count series is likely to be higher than it would have been otherwise, even if labour market conditions remain unchanged.

Further information is available on the Office for National Statistics website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/methodologies/claimantcountqmi

	Rate	Age 16+ - Total - Claimant count	Rate	Rate
	County Durham		North East	England
Age 16+ - Total - Claimant count %	6.3	20,550	7.2	6.6
Age 16+ - Male - Claimant count %	7.7	12,560	9	7.8
Age 16+ - Female - Claimant count %	4.8	7,990	5.5	5.4

Source: ONS Claimant Count

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas (or neighbourhoods) in England. The Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every small area (Lower Super Output Area - LSOA) in England from 1 (most deprived area) to 32,844 (least deprived area).

While IMD is principally used for looking at small areas, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) does provide some summary data for larger areas e.g. Local Authorities. However, the pattern of deprivation across large areas can be complex. In some areas, deprivation is concentrated in pockets, rather than evenly spread throughout. In some other areas the opposite picture is seen, with deprivation spread relatively evenly throughout the area, and with no highly deprived areas.

This report shows information on IMD and the underlying domain indices.

More information is available in our Deprivation theme or through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019

Summary and Population Distribution in County Durham by Domain

Note: For comparison against the table below the averages for the population distribution across England are 10% and 30%

Index/Domain	Rank of Average Score	Average Score	% of the population living in the top 10% most deprived	% of the population living in the top 30% most deprived
Overall Index 	48.0	26.8	10.6	46.9
Income Domain 	42.0	0.2	11.4	50.3
Employment Domain 	26.0	0.1	22.5	59.4
Education, Skills and Training Domain 	35.0	25.0	8.3	43.1
Health Deprivation and Disability Domain 	25.0	0.7	23.5	68.5
Crime Domain 	63.0	0.3	12.8	50.3
Barriers to Housing and Services Domain 	134.0	14.1	0.8	11.2
Living Environment Domain 	148.0	148.0	1.0	1.9
Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) Sub-domain 	38.0	0.2	17.9	53.6
Income Deprivation Affecting Older People (IDAOPI) Sub-domain 	59.0	0.2	4.2	34.7

Source: DCLG 2019

Poverty

Children in Low Income Families - (2018-2019) 

Further Information is available in the Children in Poverty factsheet.

These experimental Official Statistics on the number (and proportion) of children living in low income families across Great Britain by local area were first released on the 26^th March 2020.

These new statistics complement and should be viewed as a companion release to the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) survey on children in low income households which provides National and Regional estimates but not local area estimates. These local area statistics are calibrated to, and thus match, the 3-year average HBAI survey estimates at Region and Country level for Great Britain.

Low income is defined as a family in low income Before Housing Costs (BHC) in the reference year. A family must have claimed one or more of Universal Credit, Tax Credits or Housing Benefit at any point in the year to be classed as low income in these statistics.

Children in Low Income Families in County Durham

Sources:
HM Revenues and Customs:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-201415-to-201819/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-201415-to-201819
Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Low Income – High Cost (LIHC) measure:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics

	County Durham	North East	England
Percentage of children under 16 living in families with Relative Low Income	22.3	23.7	18.4
Number of children under 16 living in families with Relative Low Income	20,264	112,794	1,982,948
Percentage of children under 16 living in families with Absolute Low Income	18.1	19.3	15.3
Number of children under 16 living in families with Absolute Low Income	16,477	91,879	1,644,335
Number of children living in families with Relative Low Income	24,281	134,937	2,414,092
Number of children living in families with Absolute Low Income	19,850	110,548	2,009,784

Source: HM Revenue and Customs

Fuel Poverty - (2018) 

Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Low Income – High Cost (LIHC) measure.

A household is considered to be fuel poor if it has higher than typical energy costs to provide an indoor environment that does not adversely affect their health and wellbeing (21c in living room and 18c in the rest of the house), and would as a result be left with a disposable income below the poverty line if it spent the required money to meet those costs.

It captures the fact that fuel poverty is distinct from general poverty: not all poor households are fuel poor, and some households would not normally be considered poor but could be pushed into fuel poverty if they have high energy costs.

Fuel poverty is therefore an overlapping problem of households having a low income and facing high energy costs.

Further information is available in our Fuel Poverty factsheet or from the link below.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2018

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
County Durham
Percentage of households in fuel poverty	11.4	11.5	12.2	13.3	14	11.8	9.8
Number of households in fuel poverty	25,079	26,050	27,618	30,242	31,906	27,309	22,919
North East
Percentage of households in fuel poverty	11.6	11.8	12.2	13.3	13.8	11.8	9.5
Number of households in fuel poverty	128,971	134,895	139,490	151,942	159,311	138,230	112,668
England
Percentage of households in fuel poverty	10.4	10.4	10.6	11	11.1	10.9	10.3
Number of households in fuel poverty	2,282,579	2,346,715	2,379,357	2,502,217	2,550,565	2,532,195	2,400,297

Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Low Income – High Cost (LIHC) measure

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 - Health Domain

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas (or neighbourhoods) in England. The Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every small area (Lower Super Output Area - LSOA) in England from 1 (most deprived area) to 32,844 (least deprived area).

This domain measures premature death and the impairment of quality of life from poor health. It considers both physical and mental health indicators comprising underlying indicators measuring years of potential life lost, comparative illness and disability ratio, acute morbidity and mood and anxiety disorders

More information is available in our Deprivation theme or through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019

National Child Measurement Programme 2015-2018

The (NCMP) measures the height and weight of children in Reception class (aged 4 to 5) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11), to assess overweight and obesity levels in children within primary schools.

Excess weight (overweight and obese) is a key public health issue, posing a major health challenge and risk to future health and wellbeing and life expectancy in County Durham. The World Health Organisation (WHO) regards childhood obesity as one of the most serious global health challenges for the 21st century.

Source:
NCMP

	%	Count	%	%
	County Durham		North East	England
Day-to-day activities limited a little %	11.4	391,956	10.7	9.3
Day-to-day activities limited a lot %	12.3	62,875	11	8.3
Day-to-day activities not limited %	76.4	58,411	78.4	82.4

Source: 2011 Census; Self-reported Limiting Long Term Illness/Disabilities

	%	Count	%	%
	County Durham		North East	England
Very good health %	42.4	217,373	44	47.2
Good health %	33.4	171,564	33.3	34.2
Fair health %	16.1	82,404	15.2	13.1
Bad health %	6.3	32,568	5.8	4.2
Very bad health %	1.8	9,333	1.7	1.2

Source: 2011 Census; Self-reported General Health

	%	Count	%	%
	County Durham		North East	England
Provides no unpaid care %	88.3	453,187	89	89.8
Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week %	6.7	34,336	6.4	6.5
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week %	1.7	8,826	1.6	1.4
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week %	3.3	16,893	3	2.4

Source: 2011 Census; Self-reported Providing Unpaid Care

Crime and Community Safety in County Durham

The following indicators are taken from the main 'Crime and Community Safety' theme accessible via the 'Themes' menu above.

Sources:
DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government
data.police.uk*
*geocoded, single crime case data have been aggregated to LSOA level and then sub-county geographies. Rates are calculated per 1000 population. 12 month rolling figures use an average of the population monthly figures over the same period. Where the dates for the crime data exceed the latest available date for population estimates, the latest population figure was used for any crime rates after that date (no extrapolating).

Families in receipt of Child Tax Credit with income <60% of median income or in receipt of Income Support or Income-Based Jobseekers Allowance	County Durham		North East		England
	Rate	Count	Rate	Count	Rate	Count
Anti-social behaviour Rate	32.9	17,457	46.8	124,946	29.6	1,666,355
Bicycle theft Rate	0.5	243	1	2,595	1.2	68,744
Burglary Rate	4.4	2,320	4.9	13,184	4.3	239,114
Criminal damage and arson Rate	12.9	6,814	13.3	35,465	7.4	415,996
Drugs Rate	2.1	1,111	2.8	7,394	3.1	174,937
Possession of weapons Rate	0.4	207	0.8	2,068	0.7	37,810
Public order Rate	8	4,247	11	29,314	7.1	397,991
Robbery Rate	0.2	113	0.5	1,342	1	54,171
Shoplifting Rate	5.2	2,762	5.5	14,778	3.6	200,532
Theft from the person Rate	0.5	251	0.5	1,415	0.9	47,707
Vehicle crime Rate	3.2	1,707	4.4	11,605	5.4	303,249
Violence and sexual offences Rate	40.7	21,567	38.4	102,536	29.5	1,657,609
Other theft Rate	5.5	2,915	6.9	18,371	5.4	304,785
Other crime Rate	2.7	1,422	2.8	7,465	1.6	91,917

Source: data.police.uk

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 - Crime Domain
The Crime domain measures the rate of recorded crime in an area for four major crime types representing the risk of personal and material victimisation at a small area level. The types are violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. The Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every small area (Lower Super Output Area - LSOA) in England from 1 (most deprived area) to 32,844 (least deprived area).

More information is available in our Deprivation theme or through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019

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