Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke

Chorley · North West · population 8,980 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #546 of 6,856 in England
  • #66 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 14 in Chorley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,852
Median age (est.)42
Density389per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above44%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 30%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 45%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 45%Social rent 7%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 9%Other: 12%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 9%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #546 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 14 in Chorley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (95) and lowest on Housing & access (60). Typical homes here sold for about £241,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 136 sales), 10% above 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, #52 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £42,603 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 89 · #759
Employment 85 · #1,019
Education 95 · #361
Health 69 · #2,137
Crime 78 · #1,472
Housing & access 60 · #2,706
Living environment 81 · #1,314

House prices ?

£241,500median (12m) · -5.3% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£241,500136-5.3%+17.2%
Detached£393,97556-1.5%+27.1%
Semi-detached£217,00026-5.7%+22.1%
Terraced£203,00034+5.7%+28.5%
Flat£111,25020+8.0%+15.3%
This area£241,500
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)£42,603±£6,054 · #2,682 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,019
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 278 offences
Chorley61
North West82
England83

Rank #483 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft23
Burglary6
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons14
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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