North Shore

Blackpool · North West · population 6,960 · 4 LSOAs

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

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  • #6,839 of 6,856 in England
  • #925 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 19 in Blackpool
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,491
Median age (est.)45
Density5,467per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 31%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 57%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 8%Private rent 57%

Households

One person: 52%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 52%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 18% · Managers & directors 16% · Elementary 15%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure18%
Managers & directors16%
Elementary15%
Skilled trades10%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%
Associate professional7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

North Shore is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,839 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #15 of 19 in Blackpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (65) but weak on Crime (0). Typical homes here sold for about £132,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 42 sales), in line with the wider Blackpool median of £137,500. Typical household take-home income is around £21,613 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 350 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 4 · #6,586
Employment 0 · #6,839
Education 3 · #6,668
Health 0 · #6,846
Crime 0 · #6,853
Housing & access 65 · #2,370
Living environment 0 · #6,819

House prices ?

£132,000median (12m) · +10.0% yr · n=42
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£132,00042+10.0%+16.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£191,25010+4.8%+18.8%
Terraced£119,25025+11.4%+12.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£132,000
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)£21,613±£3,303 · #6,852 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,626
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 →

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Recorded crime ?

350 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,435 offences
Blackpool146
North West82
England83

Rank #6,369 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,411
Theft293
Burglary70
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson187
Public order & weapons234
Drugs97
Robbery35
Other56

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 772 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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