Blackburn with Darwen
Earnings, Income and Benefits

Median Earnings and Hours of Work (Workplace-Based), 1999 to 2008

Male employees
Female employees
All employees
Full-time
Part-time
All
Full-time
Part-time
All
Full-time
Part-time
All

Median gross weekly pay (£)
1999
315.7
90.8
305.0
249.7
102.8
204.1
295.5
98.6
259.3
2000
338.8
*
326.3
268.3
*
212.9
321.7
102.4
278.1
2001
364.3
*
350.7
287.9
*
223.9
348.7
100.1
282.7
2002
368.7
*
339.8
307.0
*
227.4
346.9
*
289.8
2003
393.0
*
361.0
303.9
109.7
222.6
363.0
107.8
293.6
2004
416.6
*
404.0
372.4
*
252.1
407.0
132.3
350.4
2005
372.2
*
353.1
365.6
125.3
250.0
371.1
134.4
302.5
2006
402.2
151.6
342.5
375.4
*
279.2
385.8
140.0
321.8
2007
459.4
*
389.8
379.6
*
290.1
428.0
135.7
354.2
2008
455.00
*
410.90
423.30
*
303.50
447.40
*
377.70

Median weekly hours worked, including overtime
1999
39.0
22.0
38.5
37.5
19.7
35.0
38.1
20.0
37.5
2000
39.0
21.7
38.5
37.0
18.8
35.0
37.5
20.0
37.2
2001
39.0
*
38.2
37.5
18.5
35.0
37.8
18.5
37.0
2002
39.0
*
39.0
37.5
20.0
34.4
38.0
18.3
37.5
2003
39.9
*
39.0
37.0
19.9
31.3
38.3
19.1
37.1
2004
39.0
*
38.2
37.0
*
36.0
37.5
*
37.0
2005
38.9
*
38.1
37.4
18.0
32.5
37.5
19.6
37.0
2006
38.4
*
37.5
37.0
19.4
35.0
37.5
20.6
37.0
2007
38.0
*
37.5
37.0
18.8
35.0
37.5
20.0
37.0
2008
37.8
*
37.5
37.0
18.7
32.4
37.5
16.2
37.0

Median gross annual pay (£)
1999
17,323
4,965
16,808
12,398
*
10,348
15,702
*
13,992
2000
17,707
5,393
17,304
13,433
*
10,655
16,357
*
14,156
2001
19,740
*
18,486
15,502
6,211
11,653
17,892
6,053
15,740
2002
18,849
*
18,061
16,016
*
12,011
18,027
*
15,249
2003
19,888
*
19,181
18,150
*
11,889
19,209
*
15,791
2004
21,420
*
20,417
19,874
*
*
20,747
*
18,654
2005
21,792
*
20,005
19,264
7,485
*
21,271
*
17,273
2006
21,400
*
19,444
20,145
*
15,306
21,196
7,679
17,375
2007
22,329
*
20,598
18,877
*
*
20,531
*
18,284
2008
23,998
*
22,642
*
*
*
*
6,895
19,309
Notes Data relates to employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. Estimates are based on a 1% sample.
* Sample size is too small for a reliable estimate. Figures that are given may have uncertainties as high as 20%. (External) Details on the quality of these estimates can be found on the ONS website.
Lancashire County and Great Britain comparator data can be found in the Lancashire Earnings, Income and Benefits Area Profile .
Source ONS - Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

Average Household Income by Wards, 2005

Average Household Income Source CACI Ltd
Average Household Income by Wards, 2006

Average Household Income Source CACI Ltd
Average Household Income by Wards, 2007

Average Household Income Source CACI Ltd
Average Household Income by Wards, 2008

Average Household Income Source CACI Ltd - PayCheck Data 2008

The average (or mean) household income in Blackburn with Darwen at an estimated £29,700 in 2008 was just 86% of that in Great Britain and 93% of the Lancashire sub-region average. It was the third lowest amongst the fourteen county and unitary districts. The median (or "typical") household income (£24,400) was the second lowest in Lancashire. Sixteen or 70% of Blackburn's wards had average household income below the Great Britain average and 65% were below the Lancashire average. The district had the widest dispersion of household income across awards of any Lancashire district: incomes in North Turton with Tockholes, Fernhurst and Beardwood with Lammack were respectively the 3rd, 5th and 8th highest of all 301 wards in Lancashire, whilst those in Audley, Bastwell and Wensley Fold are the 2nd, 3rd and 5th lowest. Households incomes in North Turton with Tockholes (£46,400) are more than a third above the national average and more than double those in Audley (£20,700) which are only 60% of the national average.

Average Household Income (£), 2004/05⁽¹⁾
MSOA
MSOA Description
Gross Weekly Household Income
Net Weekly Household Income
Net Weekly Household Income:
Before Housing Costs⁽²⁾
After Housing Costs⁽²⁾

Blackburn with Darwen 001
Roe Lee & Brownhill
520
430
380
350
Blackburn with Darwen 002
Beardwood East, Lammack & Revidge
630
520
430
390
Blackburn with Darwen 003
Cob Wall
400
370
280
250
Blackburn with Darwen 004
Brookhouse
430
430
280
260
Blackburn with Darwen 005
Saunders Road
420
390
320
280
Blackburn with Darwen 006
Lower Audley & Bank Top
340
320
280
230
Blackburn with Darwen 007
Higher Audley
350
310
250
230
Blackburn with Darwen 008
Shadsworth, Intack & Green Bank
390
340
310
260
Blackburn with Darwen 009
Mill Hill & Ewood North
450
350
350
310
Blackburn with Darwen 010
Livesey, Pleasington & Beardwood West
640
550
430
430
Blackburn with Darwen 011
Higher Croft & Guide
430
380
340
290
Blackburn with Darwen 012
Feniscliffe & Waterloo
480
400
360
320
Blackburn with Darwen 013
Fernhurst & Ewood South
680
540
440
400
Blackburn with Darwen 014
Moss Bridge & Sunnyhurst Wood
480
420
380
340
Blackburn with Darwen 015
Pot House & Marsh House Lane
450
360
350
320
Blackburn with Darwen 016
Belgrave & Shorey Bank
480
400
360
320
Blackburn with Darwen 017
Whitehall & Rose Hill
570
470
400
380
Blackburn with Darwen 018
Tockholes, North Turton & Hoddlesden
790
600
530
480
Notes (1) All data based on middle-layer super output areas and subject to a 95% confidence interval.
(2) Data equivalised - i.e. household income values are adjusted to take account of household size and composition, enabling more appropriate comparisons to be made between households.
Source ONS - Model-Based Estimates of Income for MSOAs (2004/05), September 2007
Model-Based Estimates of Weekly Household Income

Weekly Hours Worked - People Aged 16-74 in Employment, 2001 (%)

Blackburn with Darwen
Lancashire NUTS-2
North West
England and Wales

Males
Part-Time: 1-5 hours
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
Part-Time: 6-15 hours
2.6
2.9
2.7
2.9
Part-Time: 16-30 hours
10.1
7.3
6.6
6.2
Full-Time: 31-37 hours
17.3
17.4
17.7
14.8
Full-Time: 38-48 hours
52.7
50.3
51.8
51.5
Full-Time: 49+ hours
16.8
21.6
20.7
24.1
Total Males
29,773
331,272
1,545,789
12,791,618

Females
Part-Time: 1-5 hours
1.7
1.8
1.7
1.9
Part-Time: 6-15 hours
9.7
11.1
11.1
12.1
Part-Time: 16-30 hours
29.9
30.8
30.3
28.4
Full-Time: 31-37 hours
25.8
24.0
24.7
22.3
Full-Time: 38-48 hours
27.8
26.2
26.4
28.4
Full-Time: 49+ hours
5.2
6.2
5.8
6.9
Total Females
23,802
286,302
1,354,231
10,836,136

All Persons
Part-Time: 1-5 hours
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
Part-Time: 6-15 hours
5.7
6.7
6.7
7.2
Part-Time: 16-30 hours
18.9
18.2
17.6
16.4
Full-Time: 31-37 hours
21.1
20.4
20.9
18.2
Full-Time: 38-48 hours
41.6
39.1
39.9
40.9
Full-Time: 49+ hours
11.6
14.4
13.8
16.2
Total Persons
53,575
617,574
2,900,020
23,627,754
Note Hours worked is the average number of hours worked a week for the last four weeks before the Census (29 April 2001).
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