South Ribble: local statistics
South Ribble is a district council area in the North West, home to an estimated 117,554 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over South Ribble, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A girl born in South Ribble in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.2 years and a boy 80.4 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.4 more. It is the 2nd highest for women in the North West.
The claimant count for South Ribble stood at 1,790 in August 2026, or 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the North West: 4.2%). A year earlier the rate was 2.4%. The five-year high was 3.1% (August 2021); the low was 2.3% (April 2025).
Police recorded 6,580 crimes in South Ribble in the year to March 2026, 56.0 for every 1,000 residents, 32nd of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest rate. The rate was 56.7 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 84.9, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in South Ribble is £2,442.66, 3.8% more than in 2025-26. It is 27th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,620.16.
The ONS counted 4,635 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in South Ribble in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 39 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the North West, 19th of 35.
An estimated 78.1% of people aged 16 to 64 living in South Ribble were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 6.8 points); the figure for the North West was 73.8%. Its lowest reading in the series was 78.1% and its highest 87.0%.
The ONS estimates that 117,554 people lived in South Ribble in mid-2025, up 1.6% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 7.0%, against +8.2% for the North West as a whole, the 22nd fastest growth of all 35 council areas in the North West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The average house price in South Ribble was £213,267 in July 2026, up 2.7% on July 2025. It ranks as mid-table in the North West, 16th of 35 (regional average £221,445). This July figure is the highest in the series, 43% up on July 2016. The average price is 5.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in South Ribble. That ratio is mid-table in the North West, 19th of 35.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in South Ribble took home £727.70 a week before tax (£37,883 a year). That is 1.0% below the figure for the North West and close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the North West (16th highest). Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £693.40, £34.30 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £480.40, so it has risen 51% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 109,873 |
| 2016 | 110,253 |
| 2017 | 110,348 |
| 2018 | 110,334 |
| 2019 | 110,477 |
| 2020 | 110,613 |
| 2021 | 111,203 |
| 2022 | 112,213 |
| 2023 | 113,721 |
| 2024 | 115,727 |
| 2025 | 117,554 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £149,055 |
| July 2017 | £154,103 |
| July 2018 | £157,238 |
| July 2019 | £156,761 |
| July 2020 | £163,048 |
| July 2021 | £175,340 |
| July 2022 | £192,602 |
| July 2023 | £196,030 |
| July 2024 | £196,602 |
| July 2025 | £207,700 |
| July 2026 | £213,267 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £480.40 a week |
| 2016 | £514.20 a week |
| 2017 | £532.20 a week |
| 2018 | £532.40 a week |
| 2019 | £563.80 a week |
| 2020 | £540.00 a week |
| 2021 | £549.10 a week |
| 2022 | £586.80 a week |
| 2023 | £626.30 a week |
| 2024 | £697.80 a week |
| 2025 | £727.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,620.16 |
| 2017-18 | £1,672.34 |
| 2018-19 | £1,764.71 |
| 2019-20 | £1,847.50 |
| 2020-21 | £1,917.85 |
| 2021-22 | £1,991.34 |
| 2022-23 | £2,064.06 |
| 2023-24 | £2,142.31 |
| 2024-25 | £2,242.03 |
| 2025-26 | £2,352.12 |
| 2026-27 | £2,442.66 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 40.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 49.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 58.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 84.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 83.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 64.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 65.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.6 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 59.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 56.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 56.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.5% |
| 2016/17 | 83.7% |
| 2017/18 | 83.6% |
| 2018/19 | 82.7% |
| 2019/20 | 87.0% |
| 2020/21 | 79.3% |
| 2021/22 | 84.1% |
| 2022/23 | 84.5% |
| 2023/24 | 80.5% |
| 2024/25 | 78.4% |
| 2025/26 | 78.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,400 |
| 2017 | 4,540 |
| 2018 | 4,510 |
| 2019 | 4,515 |
| 2020 | 4,605 |
| 2021 | 4,640 |
| 2022 | 4,690 |
| 2023 | 4,555 |
| 2024 | 4,565 |
| 2025 | 4,620 |
| 2026 | 4,635 |
Questions about South Ribble
What is life expectancy in South Ribble?
84.2 years for women and 80.4 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in South Ribble?
The ONS claimant count was 1,790 in August 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in South Ribble?
56.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in South Ribble?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,442.66 for 2026-27.
What is the population of South Ribble?
The ONS estimates 117,554 people lived in South Ribble in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in South Ribble?
£213,267 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.7% on a year).
What is the average salary in South Ribble?
£727.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over South Ribble
Every body that makes decisions for South Ribble, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- South Ribble council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- South Ribble in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Ribble Valley: Maya Ellis (Labour) MP
- South Ribble: Mr Paul Foster (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the North West: Burnley · Chorley · Halton · Pendle · West Lancashire · Wyre
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