Adlington & Rivington

Chorley · North West · population 10,055 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,041 of 6,856 in England
  • #230 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 14 in Chorley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,023
Median age (est.)47
Density359per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 8%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 31% · Other 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

Adlington & Rivington is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,041 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 14 in Chorley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (78) and lowest on Living environment (31). Typical homes here sold for about £216,250 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 132 sales), in line with the wider Chorley median of £220,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #196 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £36,123 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 78 · #1,520
Employment 64 · #2,459
Education 73 · #1,863
Health 54 · #3,179
Crime 49 · #3,515
Housing & access 74 · #1,815
Living environment 31 · #4,721

House prices ?

£216,250median (12m) · -0.6% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£216,250132-0.6%+21.7%
Detached£362,50034+5.8%+16.9%
Semi-detached£224,00036+8.3%+28.0%
Terraced£181,50058+8.0%+30.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£216,250
Chorley£220,000
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)£36,123±£5,066 · #4,665 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,005
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 456 offences
Chorley61
North West82
England83

Rank #1,717 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences230
Theft58
Burglary19
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons32
Drugs15
Robbery2
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 184 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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