"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity, to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources, of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life. But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education, on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke, Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.

This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Blackburn with Darwen.

Population claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance

Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty

Poverty index

This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1. A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.

1 - Very High
0.75 - High
0.5 - Average
0.25 - Low
0 - Very Low
Audley & Queen's Park 0.633Bastwell & Daisyfield 0.633Billinge & Beardwood 0.633Blackburn Central 0.633Blackburn South & Lower Darwen 0.633Blackburn South East 0.633Darwen East 0.633Darwen South 0.633Darwen West 0.633Ewood 0.633Little Harwood & Whitebirk 0.633Livesey with Pleasington 0.633Mill Hill & Moorgate 0.633Roe Lee 0.633Shear Brow & Corporation Park 0.633Wensley Fold 0.633West Pennine 0.633

How to interpret the index

In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those places, however.

How we calculate the index

The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall somewhere in between. We create an average index across 6 metrics

This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Blackburn with Darwen.

Rates of unemployment and economic inactivity over time

What's on this chart?

This chart shows labour market statistics for Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Labour market economic activity
Unemployment rate
Economic inactivity rate
YearJun 2005Jun 2008Jun 2011Jun 2014Jun 2017Jun 2020Jun 2023% of population01015202530355Unemployment rate 2004-12-01: 5Unemployment rate 2005-03-01: 6Unemployment rate 2005-06-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2005-09-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2005-12-01: 6.5Unemployment rate 2006-03-01: 6.6Unemployment rate 2006-06-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2006-09-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2006-12-01: 6.6Unemployment rate 2007-03-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2007-06-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2007-09-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2007-12-01: 6.6Unemployment rate 2008-03-01: 5.6Unemployment rate 2008-06-01: 6.4Unemployment rate 2008-09-01: 5.9Unemployment rate 2008-12-01: 6.9Unemployment rate 2009-03-01: 7.6Unemployment rate 2009-06-01: 8.5Unemployment rate 2009-09-01: 9.7Unemployment rate 2009-12-01: 9.7Unemployment rate 2010-03-01: 10Unemployment rate 2010-06-01: 8.8Unemployment rate 2010-09-01: 7.8Unemployment rate 2010-12-01: 8.5Unemployment rate 2011-03-01: 9.4Unemployment rate 2011-06-01: 9.5Unemployment rate 2011-09-01: 10.4Unemployment rate 2011-12-01: 8.8Unemployment rate 2012-03-01: 9.3Unemployment rate 2012-06-01: 9.9Unemployment rate 2012-09-01: 10.3Unemployment rate 2012-12-01: 9.7Unemployment rate 2013-03-01: 9.1Unemployment rate 2013-06-01: 8.6Unemployment rate 2013-09-01: 7.4Unemployment rate 2013-12-01: 8.3Unemployment rate 2014-03-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2014-06-01: 7.8Unemployment rate 2014-09-01: 7.9Unemployment rate 2014-12-01: 8Unemployment rate 2015-03-01: 8Unemployment rate 2015-06-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2015-09-01: 7.7Unemployment rate 2015-12-01: 7.6Unemployment rate 2016-03-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2016-06-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2016-09-01: 6.4Unemployment rate 2016-12-01: 5.5Unemployment rate 2017-03-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2017-06-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2017-09-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2017-12-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2018-03-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2018-06-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2018-09-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2018-12-01: 5.4Unemployment rate 2019-03-01: 4.9Unemployment rate 2019-06-01: 4.1Unemployment rate 2019-09-01: 4.3Unemployment rate 2019-12-01: 5Unemployment rate 2020-03-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2020-06-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2020-09-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2020-12-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2021-03-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2021-06-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2021-09-01: 5.3Unemployment rate 2021-12-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2022-03-01: 5.6Unemployment rate 2022-06-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2022-09-01: 5.5Unemployment rate 2022-12-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2023-03-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2023-06-01: 5.1Economic inactivity rate 2004-12-01: 27.7Economic inactivity rate 2005-03-01: 27.5Economic inactivity rate 2005-06-01: 27.8Economic inactivity rate 2005-09-01: 28.9Economic inactivity rate 2005-12-01: 28.8Economic inactivity rate 2006-03-01: 30.7Economic inactivity rate 2006-06-01: 30.2Economic inactivity rate 2006-09-01: 30.1Economic inactivity rate 2006-12-01: 30.1Economic inactivity rate 2007-03-01: 29.6Economic inactivity rate 2007-06-01: 29.6Economic inactivity rate 2007-09-01: 29.1Economic inactivity rate 2007-12-01: 29Economic inactivity rate 2008-03-01: 29.4Economic inactivity rate 2008-06-01: 29.3Economic inactivity rate 2008-09-01: 29.4Economic inactivity rate 2008-12-01: 30.6Economic inactivity rate 2009-03-01: 29.9Economic inactivity rate 2009-06-01: 31Economic inactivity rate 2009-09-01: 30.9Economic inactivity rate 2009-12-01: 29Economic inactivity rate 2010-03-01: 29.7Economic inactivity rate 2010-06-01: 28.6Economic inactivity rate 2010-09-01: 29.7Economic inactivity rate 2010-12-01: 31.6Economic inactivity rate 2011-03-01: 31.4Economic inactivity rate 2011-06-01: 32.3Economic inactivity rate 2011-09-01: 33.3Economic inactivity rate 2011-12-01: 33.6Economic inactivity rate 2012-03-01: 33.1Economic inactivity rate 2012-06-01: 32.3Economic inactivity rate 2012-09-01: 31.2Economic inactivity rate 2012-12-01: 30.3Economic inactivity rate 2013-03-01: 29.6Economic inactivity rate 2013-06-01: 29.4Economic inactivity rate 2013-09-01: 29.9Economic inactivity rate 2013-12-01: 30.8Economic inactivity rate 2014-03-01: 32Economic inactivity rate 2014-06-01: 32.2Economic inactivity rate 2014-09-01: 30.7Economic inactivity rate 2014-12-01: 30.6Economic inactivity rate 2015-03-01: 29.5Economic inactivity rate 2015-06-01: 29Economic inactivity rate 2015-09-01: 29.1Economic inactivity rate 2015-12-01: 29.9Economic inactivity rate 2016-03-01: 30.4Economic inactivity rate 2016-06-01: 29.9Economic inactivity rate 2016-09-01: 30.5Economic inactivity rate 2016-12-01: 30.6Economic inactivity rate 2017-03-01: 30.6Economic inactivity rate 2017-06-01: 31.5Economic inactivity rate 2017-09-01: 31.2Economic inactivity rate 2017-12-01: 31.3Economic inactivity rate 2018-03-01: 30.3Economic inactivity rate 2018-06-01: 31.2Economic inactivity rate 2018-09-01: 30.3Economic inactivity rate 2018-12-01: 29.3Economic inactivity rate 2019-03-01: 29.1Economic inactivity rate 2019-06-01: 28.7Economic inactivity rate 2019-09-01: 29Economic inactivity rate 2019-12-01: 28.4Economic inactivity rate 2020-03-01: 27.9Economic inactivity rate 2020-06-01: 27.7Economic inactivity rate 2020-09-01: 27.8Economic inactivity rate 2020-12-01: 28.7Economic inactivity rate 2021-03-01: 29.8Economic inactivity rate 2021-06-01: 28.5Economic inactivity rate 2021-09-01: 28Economic inactivity rate 2021-12-01: 28.5Economic inactivity rate 2022-03-01: 28.2Economic inactivity rate 2022-06-01: 30.9Economic inactivity rate 2022-09-01: 31.1Economic inactivity rate 2022-12-01: 27.4Economic inactivity rate 2023-03-01: 29.2Economic inactivity rate 2023-06-01: 27.3

Fuel poverty rate by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different areas in Blackburn with Darwen. In Blackburn with Darwen 10978 of 60004 households are in fuel poverty.

Dataset

Fuel Poverty
44% (highest)
23.5%
3% (lowest)
Audley & Queen's Park 22.0% of households are fuel poorBastwell & Daisyfield 23.1% of households are fuel poorBillinge & Beardwood 12.0% of households are fuel poorBlackburn Central 19.9% of households are fuel poorBlackburn South & Lower Darwen 8.6% of households are fuel poorBlackburn South East 17.8% of households are fuel poorDarwen East 25.8% of households are fuel poorDarwen South 14.7% of households are fuel poorDarwen West 17.2% of households are fuel poorEwood 19.1% of households are fuel poorLittle Harwood & Whitebirk 24.5% of households are fuel poorLivesey with Pleasington 8.9% of households are fuel poorMill Hill & Moorgate 21.3% of households are fuel poorRoe Lee 14.2% of households are fuel poorShear Brow & Corporation Park 24.2% of households are fuel poorWensley Fold 27.1% of households are fuel poorWest Pennine 11.9% of households are fuel poor

Median weekly wage by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the median weekly wage for different areas in Blackburn with Darwen.

Dataset

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Weekly Earnings
£463 (lowest)
£563.5
£664 (highest)

Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Blackburn with Darwen. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by savings and investments

No data available at this level

Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Blackburn with Darwen. Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".

Dataset

Jobs below living wage
All (%)
Female (%)
Male (%)
Percentage of jobs below living wage02040Part-TimeFull-TimeAllAll (%) All: 13.6All (%) Full-Time: 0All (%) Part-Time: 27Female (%) All: 0Female (%) Full-Time: 0Female (%) Part-Time: 0Male (%) All: 0Male (%) Full-Time: 0Male (%) Part-Time: 0

Demographic breakdown

Poverty can disproportionately affect certain groups. This section presents analysis of Economic Insecurity with a focus on demographics.

Gender pay gap in different types of work

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Blackburn with Darwen.


Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.

Dataset

Gender pay gap
Median gap (%)
Mean gap (%)
01215369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%) All: 14.4Median gap (%) Full-Time: 9.6Median gap (%) Part-Time: 0Mean gap (%) All: 7.3Mean gap (%) Full-Time: 4.4Mean gap (%) Part-Time: 13.2

People in low income households by ethnic group

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Blackburn with Darwen. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore. This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are unlikely to be reliable.

Dataset

HBAI by ethnic group

No data available at this level

People in low income households by marital status

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Blackburn with Darwen. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore.

Dataset

No data available at this level

See also the briefing by JRF for Economic security.