Brandon & Brancepeth

County Durham · North East · population 7,202 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,324 of 6,856 in England
  • #190 of 342 in North East
  • #35 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,319
Median age (est.)47
Density349per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 33%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Muslim 0%

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

Brandon & Brancepeth is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (88) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here sold for about £125,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 69 sales), 13% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,969 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 30 · #4,769
Employment 17 · #5,688
Education 25 · #5,119
Health 10 · #6,202
Crime 20 · #5,468
Housing & access 41 · #4,015
Living environment 88 · #828

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · -13.2% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,00069-13.2%+11.9%
Detached£215,00018-14.0%-10.8%
Semi-detached£125,00025-8.4%+25.0%
Terraced£110,00022+15.8%+14.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£125,000
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)£30,969±£4,429 · #6,200 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,360
Price-to-income ?4.0×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 669 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #4,663 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences318
Theft70
Burglary34
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson111
Public order & weapons69
Drugs13
Robbery2
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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