Brindle & Withnell

Chorley · North West · population 6,116 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,678 of 6,856 in England
  • #193 of 932 in North West
  • #5 of 14 in Chorley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,973
Median age (est.)51
Density139per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above42%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 67% · No religion 27% · 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

Brindle & Withnell is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,678 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 14 in Chorley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (95) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £267,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 93 sales), 22% above the wider Chorley median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,779 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 92 · #540
Employment 85 · #1,019
Education 95 · #348
Health 78 · #1,513
Crime 79 · #1,451
Housing & access 18 · #5,592
Living environment 14 · #5,880

House prices ?

£267,500median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£267,50093-0.9%+15.7%
Detached£382,50034-23.5%+14.2%
Semi-detached£252,00019-6.7%+8.4%
Terraced£199,99840+8.7%+21.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£267,500
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)£41,779±£5,890 · #2,916 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,709
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 166 offences
Chorley61
North West82
England83

Rank #253 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences86
Theft18
Burglary5
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons13
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 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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