Brunshaw & Brownside

Burnley · North West · population 5,990 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,592 of 6,856 in England
  • #639 of 932 in North West
  • #5 of 12 in Burnley
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,028
Median age (est.)46
Density2,172per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 29%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 38%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

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 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Brunshaw & Brownside is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,592 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 12 in Burnley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (67) but weak on Health (8). Typical homes here, about £171,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 80 sales), 31% above the wider Burnley median of £130,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,600 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 96 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 25 · #5,132
Employment 14 · #5,900
Education 20 · #5,516
Health 8 · #6,318
Crime 34 · #4,543
Housing & access 58 · #2,891
Living environment 67 · #2,288

House prices ?

£171,000median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,00080+2.1%+36.8%
Detached£337,50018+8.9%+35.0%
Semi-detached£180,00035+5.9%+38.5%
Terraced£128,97526-3.0%+43.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£171,000
Burnley£130,500
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)£29,600±£4,160 · #6,472 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,638
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 573 offences
Burnley112
North West82
England83

Rank #4,781 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences271
Theft97
Burglary30
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons39
Drugs11
Robbery6
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 185 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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