Chorley Town & South

Chorley · North West · population 9,787 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,618 of 6,856 in England
  • #498 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 14 in Chorley
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,679
Median age (est.)41
Density2,486per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 15%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 35%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · 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 Town & South is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,618 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 14 in Chorley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Crime (24). Typical homes here, about £185,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 137 sales), 16% below the wider Chorley median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,000 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,841 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 146 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,234
Employment 27 · #5,002
Education 47 · #3,638
Health 25 · #5,153
Crime 24 · #5,242
Housing & access 96 · #279
Living environment 28 · #4,920

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +14.2% yr · n=137
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,000137+14.2%+37.0%
Detached£327,50028-6.4%+25.5%
Semi-detached£210,00039+11.7%+35.5%
Terraced£155,00058+15.2%+44.2%
Flat£115,00012+4.5%+1.8%
This area£185,000
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)£32,841±£4,569 · #5,724 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,591
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,429 offences
Chorley61
North West82
England83

Rank #5,871 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences697
Theft278
Burglary45
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson117
Public order & weapons144
Drugs65
Robbery15
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 410 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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