Belmont & Carrville

County Durham · North East · population 7,424 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #958 of 6,856 in England
  • #30 of 342 in North East
  • #3 of 65 in County Durham
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,426
Median age (est.)51
Density1,304per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 25%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 5%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 64% · No religion 30% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Belmont & Carrville is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #958 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 65 in County Durham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (89) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 114 sales), 32% above the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #6 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £40,779 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 85 · #1,006
Employment 72 · #1,917
Education 84 · #1,088
Health 42 · #3,981
Crime 77 · #1,575
Housing & access 89 · #780
Living environment 88 · #807

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,000114+1.5%+18.8%
Detached£243,02522+7.5%-0.8%
Semi-detached£195,00067+2.6%+25.4%
Terraced£137,50014-14.5%+25.0%
Flat£93,50011+2.7%
This area£190,000
County Durham£144,000
North East£171,000
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)£40,779±£5,859 · #3,184 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,742
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 433 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #2,738 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft112
Burglary44
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons25
Drugs13
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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