Habergham & Ightenhill

Burnley · North West · population 7,182 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,644 of 6,856 in England
  • #301 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 12 in Burnley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,080
Median age (est.)47
Density1,254per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 9%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Habergham & Ightenhill is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,644 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 12 in Burnley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (73) and lowest on Health (28). Typical homes here sold for about £222,750 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 92 sales), 71% above the wider Burnley median of £130,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,105 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 73 · #1,863
Employment 51 · #3,330
Education 61 · #2,692
Health 28 · #4,906
Crime 62 · #2,624
Housing & access 62 · #2,637
Living environment 70 · #2,055

House prices ?

£222,750median (12m) · +4.8% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£222,75092+4.8%+11.4%
Detached£295,00048+7.3%+29.4%
Semi-detached£187,50023+7.1%+25.0%
Terraced£126,00020+0.8%+27.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£222,750
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)£35,105±£4,895 · #4,999 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,559
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 391 offences
Burnley112
North West82
England83

Rank #2,446 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences176
Theft52
Burglary46
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons31
Drugs5
Robbery3
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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