Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Economic Regeneration and Transport

The Economic Regeneration and Transport section of the Stockton-on-Tees Data Warehouse provides  data downloads on the following subjects:

• Benefits
• Business
• Employment
• Transport

Some interesting economic regeneration and transport facts about Stockton-on-Tees include:

1. Between February 2000 and February 2010 there was a 7% reduction in the number of working age people claiming key out-of-work benefits in Stockton-on-Tees. (Source: Office for National Statistics, NOMIS).
2. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council picked up the "Enterprising Britain - Regional Winner 2010" award which recognises local organisations working together to drive social and economic transformation.
3. In Stockton-on-Tees between 2004 and 2009 there was a 20.2% increase in the number of working age people educated to NVQ level 4 and above. (Source: Office for National Statistics, NOMIS).
4. Between 2002 and 2009 there was a 32.8% increase in gross weekly pay for all full time workers in Stockton-on-Tees. (Source: Office for National Statistics, NOMIS).
5. In Stockton-on-Tees, between 1995 and 2008 there was a 50.1% reduction in the number of all manufacturing employee jobs.  And over the same period  there was a 56.1% increase in the number of jobs within the banking, finance and insurance sector. (Source: Office for National Statistics, NOMIS).
6. In Stockton-on-Tees between 1994 and 1998, 21 children were killed or seriously injured in road accidents each year.  By 2009 this figure reduced by 39% to 13 serious injuries or deaths. (Source: Department of Transport).
7. 99% of all 5-10 year olds lived within a fifteen minute journey of a primary school (by public transport/on foot).  And 96% of 11 to 15 year olds lived within 20 minutes of a secondary school (by public transport/on foot). (Source: Department of Transport).

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