"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 Tees Valley.

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
Hartlepool 0.552Middlesbrough 0.680Redcar and Cleveland 0.562Stockton-on-Tees 0.417Darlington 0.395

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 Tees Valley.

Rates of unemployment and economic inactivity over time

What's on this chart?

This chart shows labour market statistics for Tees Valley.

Dataset

Labour market economic activity
Unemployment rate
Economic inactivity rate
YearJun 2005Jun 2008Jun 2011Jun 2014Jun 2017Jun 2020Jun 2023% of population010152025305Unemployment rate 2004-12-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2005-03-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2005-06-01: 5.9Unemployment rate 2005-09-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2005-12-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2006-03-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2006-06-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2006-09-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2006-12-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2007-03-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2007-06-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2007-09-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2007-12-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2008-03-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2008-06-01: 7.3Unemployment rate 2008-09-01: 8Unemployment rate 2008-12-01: 8.4Unemployment rate 2009-03-01: 8.8Unemployment rate 2009-06-01: 9.3Unemployment rate 2009-09-01: 9.4Unemployment rate 2009-12-01: 10.1Unemployment rate 2010-03-01: 10.5Unemployment rate 2010-06-01: 10.6Unemployment rate 2010-09-01: 10.8Unemployment rate 2010-12-01: 10.9Unemployment rate 2011-03-01: 11.3Unemployment rate 2011-06-01: 11.2Unemployment rate 2011-09-01: 12.3Unemployment rate 2011-12-01: 12.4Unemployment rate 2012-03-01: 12.5Unemployment rate 2012-06-01: 13.1Unemployment rate 2012-09-01: 12.7Unemployment rate 2012-12-01: 13.1Unemployment rate 2013-03-01: 12.9Unemployment rate 2013-06-01: 13.1Unemployment rate 2013-09-01: 12Unemployment rate 2013-12-01: 10.9Unemployment rate 2014-03-01: 10.8Unemployment rate 2014-06-01: 10.3Unemployment rate 2014-09-01: 10.2Unemployment rate 2014-12-01: 10.1Unemployment rate 2015-03-01: 9.1Unemployment rate 2015-06-01: 8.7Unemployment rate 2015-09-01: 8.6Unemployment rate 2015-12-01: 8.6Unemployment rate 2016-03-01: 8.4Unemployment rate 2016-06-01: 8.1Unemployment rate 2016-09-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2016-12-01: 6.5Unemployment rate 2017-03-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2017-06-01: 7Unemployment rate 2017-09-01: 7Unemployment rate 2017-12-01: 6.9Unemployment rate 2018-03-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2018-06-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2018-09-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2018-12-01: 7.2Unemployment rate 2019-03-01: 7.3Unemployment rate 2019-06-01: 7.2Unemployment rate 2019-09-01: 7Unemployment rate 2019-12-01: 6.5Unemployment rate 2020-03-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2020-06-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2020-09-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2020-12-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2021-03-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2021-06-01: 6Unemployment rate 2021-09-01: 6.6Unemployment rate 2021-12-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2022-03-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2022-06-01: 6.4Unemployment rate 2022-09-01: 5.1Unemployment rate 2022-12-01: 4.3Unemployment rate 2023-03-01: 4Unemployment rate 2023-06-01: 3.8Economic inactivity rate 2004-12-01: 27.1Economic inactivity rate 2005-03-01: 26.8Economic inactivity rate 2005-06-01: 26.8Economic inactivity rate 2005-09-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2005-12-01: 27.1Economic inactivity rate 2006-03-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2006-06-01: 26.8Economic inactivity rate 2006-09-01: 26.6Economic inactivity rate 2006-12-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2007-03-01: 26.3Economic inactivity rate 2007-06-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2007-09-01: 26.5Economic inactivity rate 2007-12-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2008-03-01: 26.9Economic inactivity rate 2008-06-01: 27.7Economic inactivity rate 2008-09-01: 27.5Economic inactivity rate 2008-12-01: 27.5Economic inactivity rate 2009-03-01: 27.5Economic inactivity rate 2009-06-01: 27.4Economic inactivity rate 2009-09-01: 27.4Economic inactivity rate 2009-12-01: 27.6Economic inactivity rate 2010-03-01: 27.2Economic inactivity rate 2010-06-01: 27.1Economic inactivity rate 2010-09-01: 26.8Economic inactivity rate 2010-12-01: 27Economic inactivity rate 2011-03-01: 26.9Economic inactivity rate 2011-06-01: 28.1Economic inactivity rate 2011-09-01: 28.4Economic inactivity rate 2011-12-01: 27.9Economic inactivity rate 2012-03-01: 27.9Economic inactivity rate 2012-06-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2012-09-01: 26.5Economic inactivity rate 2012-12-01: 26.1Economic inactivity rate 2013-03-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2013-06-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2013-09-01: 25.6Economic inactivity rate 2013-12-01: 25.3Economic inactivity rate 2014-03-01: 24.5Economic inactivity rate 2014-06-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2014-09-01: 24.7Economic inactivity rate 2014-12-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2015-03-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2015-06-01: 25.5Economic inactivity rate 2015-09-01: 25.1Economic inactivity rate 2015-12-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2016-03-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2016-06-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2016-09-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2016-12-01: 26.3Economic inactivity rate 2017-03-01: 26.1Economic inactivity rate 2017-06-01: 25.7Economic inactivity rate 2017-09-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2017-12-01: 26.3Economic inactivity rate 2018-03-01: 26.2Economic inactivity rate 2018-06-01: 27Economic inactivity rate 2018-09-01: 26.8Economic inactivity rate 2018-12-01: 26.4Economic inactivity rate 2019-03-01: 26.4Economic inactivity rate 2019-06-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2019-09-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2019-12-01: 26.5Economic inactivity rate 2020-03-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2020-06-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2020-09-01: 25.5Economic inactivity rate 2020-12-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2021-03-01: 25.6Economic inactivity rate 2021-06-01: 25.1Economic inactivity rate 2021-09-01: 25.1Economic inactivity rate 2021-12-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2022-03-01: 26.2Economic inactivity rate 2022-06-01: 26.5Economic inactivity rate 2022-09-01: 26.6Economic inactivity rate 2022-12-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2023-03-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2023-06-01: 24.3

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 Tees Valley. In Tees Valley 43216 of 302283 households are in fuel poverty.

Dataset

Fuel Poverty
44% (highest)
23.5%
3% (lowest)
Hartlepool 14.3% of households are fuel poorMiddlesbrough 16.6% of households are fuel poorRedcar and Cleveland 14.7% of households are fuel poorStockton-on-Tees 12.2% of households are fuel poorDarlington 14.5% 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 Tees Valley.

Dataset

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Weekly Earnings
£463 (lowest)
£563.5
£664 (highest)
Hartlepool UA £521 median weekly wageMiddlesbrough UA £482 median weekly wageRedcar and Cleveland UA £478 median weekly wageStockton-on-Tees UA £526 median weekly wageDarlington UA £531 median weekly wage

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 Tees Valley. 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 Tees Valley. Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".

Dataset

Jobs below living wage

No data available at this level.

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 Tees Valley.


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

No data available at this level.

People in low income households by ethnic group

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Tees Valley. 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 Tees Valley. 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.