North East · 65 areas. Area Score 0–100 (higher = less deprived).
33
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#249 of 296 local authorities
· 65 neighbourhoods · 527,704 residents
Income39
Employment30
Education39
Health19
Crime35
Housing & access53
Living env.58
Residents by national deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Newton Aycliffe West (1) to Aykley Heads, Neville's Cross & Langley Moor (97); 16% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
There is a sharp split within County Durham: Aykley Heads, Neville's Cross & Langley Moor scores 97 out of 100 (#231 of 6,856 nationally) while Newton Aycliffe West sits at 1 — neighbours on the map, 95 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 8 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 43 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £59,500 in Horden to £320,000 in Durham City — a 5.4× gap within County Durham.
Living here
Typical net household income£34,251a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime95per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)44
Owner-occupied63%
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in County Durham
£144,000median home sold over the past year · +15.2% over 5 years · +2.9% over the year · 7,088 sales
Detached£260,000
Semi-detached£149,950
Terraced£100,000
Flat£85,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
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Towns & places in County Durham
Grouped neighbourhoods that share a town or locality name.
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 20%Private rent 17%
Households
One person 34%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 14%
Work (top occupations)
Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%
All occupation groups
Professional
17%
Associate professional
12%
Skilled trades
12%
Elementary
11%
Caring & leisure
10%
Managers & directors
10%
Administrative
10%
Process & plant
9%
Sales & customer service
9%
Ethnic group
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%
Religion & identity
Christian 55% · No religion 39% · 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.
