Demographics

There are 233,532 inhabitants within a 20 minute drive time of Amazon Park and 1,558,821 people living within a 40 minute drive time of the site. Within the key 60 minute drive time the population is 2,613,989.

This population has increased by 2.2% between 2001-2007 (Source: CACI 2007). 87,396 people are employed within the 20 minute catchment area of which 32.4% work within the manufacturing and transportation, storage and communications sectors. Looking at the larger catchment area of 40 minutes 560,442 people are currently in employment with 159,999 employed in the same industry sub-sectors.

The local unemployment level stands at approximately 4.7%, which is slightly above the national average. The Gross Median weekly earnings in the North East is £402, which is approximately 12% below the national average. Gross weekly earnings across the United Kingdom stand at £457 (Source: ONS April 2007).
The local workforce has a good general level of education. In 2007 the % pupils achieving 5+ A-C grades GCSE level in Sedgefield, Darlington and Durham averaged 58.9%. This is above the national average of 57.3%.