Norbreck & Bispham

Blackpool · North West · population 7,643 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,303 of 6,856 in England
  • #462 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 19 in Blackpool
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,797
Median age (est.)51
Density4,068per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above26%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 2%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 37%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Administrative 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Administrative13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Norbreck & Bispham is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,303 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 19 in Blackpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (78) but weak on Health (15). Typical homes here sold for about £168,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 139 sales), 22% above the wider Blackpool median of £137,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,366 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £30,396 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 45 · #3,796
Employment 28 · #4,899
Education 54 · #3,179
Health 15 · #5,811
Crime 47 · #3,611
Housing & access 78 · #1,540
Living environment 28 · #4,968

House prices ?

£168,000median (12m) · +0.1% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£168,000139+0.1%+20.0%
Detached£240,00011+3.8%+32.6%
Semi-detached£183,45078+4.8%+24.6%
Terraced£154,50024+3.0%+26.1%
Flat£105,75026+25.1%+33.0%
This area£168,000
Blackpool£137,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,396±£4,302 · #6,318 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,971
Price-to-income ?5.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 442 offences
Blackpool146
North West82
England83

Rank #2,694 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft35
Burglary13
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons30
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 141 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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