Consett

County Durham · North East · population 11,107 · 6 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,680 of 6,856 in England
  • #143 of 342 in North East
  • #23 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,019
Median age (est.)46
Density1,786per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 30%65+ 21%

Tenure

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

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 40%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Consett is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,680 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Health (14). Typical homes here, about £122,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 202 sales), 15% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,598 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,324 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,180
Employment 25 · #5,167
Education 40 · #4,111
Health 14 · #5,880
Crime 34 · #4,516
Housing & access 90 · #670
Living environment 25 · #5,153

House prices ?

£122,750median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=202
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£122,750202+2.3%+31.3%
Detached£240,00027-9.4%+29.0%
Semi-detached£130,00044-16.9%+23.8%
Terraced£110,000123+15.5%+39.2%
Flat£60,7508+3.8%
This area£122,750
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)£32,324±£4,684 · #5,872 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,546
Price-to-income ?3.8×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,172 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #5,079 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences460
Theft309
Burglary31
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson139
Public order & weapons111
Drugs14
Robbery12
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 262 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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