Chorley South West

Chorley · North West · population 9,162 · 5 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,488 of 6,856 in England
  • #486 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 14 in Chorley
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,134
Median age (est.)39
Density3,150per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 23%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Chorley South West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,488 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 14 in Chorley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (23). Typical homes here sold for about £172,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 120 sales), 22% below the wider Chorley median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,644 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,257 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 34 · #4,522
Employment 26 · #5,064
Education 37 · #4,317
Health 23 · #5,256
Crime 29 · #4,838
Housing & access 84 · #1,074
Living environment 70 · #2,061

House prices ?

£172,250median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,250120+1.9%+7.4%
Detached£295,00030-9.0%+18.0%
Semi-detached£185,00038+10.6%+28.7%
Terraced£145,00035-6.5%+39.8%
Flat£109,50017+0.7%+28.1%
This area£172,250
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)£33,257±£4,691 · #5,586 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,631
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 569 offences
Chorley61
North West82
England83

Rank #3,009 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences322
Theft69
Burglary22
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons32
Drugs14
Robbery3
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 214 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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