Property market | £127,852 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Newcastle (16.2 miles) | |
Broadband | 46.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.8% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 372 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 150 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North West Durham level) | |
Community | Median age is 43.4 | Happiness is Below Average for Durham, Low for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (County Durham) | |
Commute (approx) | - York (44 mins) - Leeds (73 mins) | |
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£127,852 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Newcastle (16.2 miles) | |
46.1mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 43.4 | Happiness is Below Average for Durham, Low for UK | |
Ranked 372 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 150 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North West Durham level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (County Durham) | |
- York (44 mins) - Leeds (73 mins) | |
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The property market in Blackburn has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £220,652, which is up 1.7% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £127,852 (down -0.8% on last year) , a terraced house £103,612 (down -1.5% on last year) and a flat £77,277. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £430 per month. Property prices in Blackburn are similar to the average property prices across Durham and are much lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Blackburn, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Durham region.
Property data is based on County Durham level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Blackburn, or click here to browse the longer list of Blackburn property transactions from 2023.
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Blackburn has one school nearby: Langley Park Primary School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Langley Park, Durham. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Langley Park Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | Durham |
School | Type |
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Langley Park Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Station | Distance from Blackburn | Commute options |
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Durham A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- York (50 mins - CrossCountry - £446 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (76 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (148 mins - CrossCountry - £636 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 144 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Glasgow Queen Street (1 change(s) - 177 mins - ScotRail) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 178 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 178 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) - £1958 monthly fare) View details |
Bishop Auckland A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +1% from the previous year. | 13 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 68 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 94 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 165 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 165 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Dunston A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +19% from the previous year. | 14 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 78 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 110 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 114 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 178 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Blaydon A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +53% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- York (88 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 115 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 151 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details |
Heworth A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 79 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 111 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 115 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 179 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (County Durham) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of County Durham residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.8% | 81.7% |
Asian | 1.5% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 0.9% | 2.9% |
Other | 0.4% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.3% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North West Durham consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.5% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 9.7% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 9.5% | 372 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 19.4% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.7% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 14.1% | |
Routine occupations | 14.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 10.1% | 150 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.7% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Durham is average (54mbps). Blackburn is slower than this, with average download speeds of 46.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North West Durham level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 46.1 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.6% |
Crime stats were found at the County Durham level:
Type | County Durham | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 91 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 36 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Blackburn.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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North East | River Wear, Moors Burn, Smallhope Burn | Lower River Wear from Escomb to Sunderland including the Rivers Browney, Cong Burn and Lumley Park Burn |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Blackburn, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 10.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Darlington, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £162,767 Detached: £281,748 | 102 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 10.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Bishop Auckland, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 8Secondary: 4 | 8.4% residents in higher managerial positions 11.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Chilton (County Durham), Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: 2 | N/A |
Gilesgate, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 11Secondary: 1 | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 7.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Brancepeth, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 7.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Consett, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 10.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Durham, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 12Secondary: 7 | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 7.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Seaham, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 10Secondary: 1 | 6.5% residents in higher managerial positions 14.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Burnopfield, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 5Secondary: | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 10.1% residents long-term unemployed |
West Rainton, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.5% residents in higher managerial positions 7.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Blackburn, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Darlington, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £162,767 Detached: £281,748 | 102 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Bishop Auckland, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 8Secondary: 4 |
Chilton (County Durham), Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: 2 |
Gilesgate, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 11Secondary: 1 |
Brancepeth, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Consett, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 |
Durham, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 12Secondary: 7 |
Seaham, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 10Secondary: 1 |
Burnopfield, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 5Secondary: |
West Rainton, Durham Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £127,852 Detached: £220,652 | 91 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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