Queenstown & Layton

Blackpool · North West · population 8,034 · 6 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,146 of 6,856 in England
  • #572 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 19 in Blackpool
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,982
Median age (est.)42
Density3,837per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 2%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Caring & leisure 14% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Caring & leisure14%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Muslim 2%

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

Queenstown & Layton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,146 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 19 in Blackpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here sold for about £128,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 128 sales), 7% below the wider Blackpool median of £137,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,112 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 118 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,255
Employment 25 · #5,112
Education 37 · #4,296
Health 11 · #6,113
Crime 17 · #5,660
Housing & access 85 · #1,054
Living environment 11 · #6,078

House prices ?

£128,000median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£128,000128-1.5%+3.9%
Detached£285,00015+8.6%+3.6%
Semi-detached£143,50054-8.9%+13.4%
Terraced£112,00049+3.8%+2.3%
Flat£81,00010-14.7%+21.8%
This area£128,000
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)£33,112±£4,695 · #5,641 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,841
Price-to-income ?3.9×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

118 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 944 offences
Blackpool146
North West82
England83

Rank #5,404 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences497
Theft157
Burglary27
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons84
Drugs26
Robbery6
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 257 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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