Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor

County Durham · North East · population 6,671 · 4 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,414 of 6,856 in England
  • #198 of 342 in North East
  • #38 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,478
Median age (est.)42
Density369per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 24%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%

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 54% · No religion 40% · 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

Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,414 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 65 in County Durham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (41) and lowest on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £140,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 69% in five years (from 73 sales), in line with the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,335 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 81 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 28 · #4,954
Employment 18 · #5,619
Education 24 · #5,180
Health 13 · #5,935
Crime 25 · #5,132
Housing & access 32 · #4,625
Living environment 41 · #4,036

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +25.0% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00073+25.0%+69.2%
Detached£220,00023+1.4%+12.8%
Semi-detached£122,50020+1.0%+43.3%
Terraced£111,50030+22.5%+71.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£140,000
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)£34,335±£4,960 · #5,231 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,741
Price-to-income ?4.1×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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 541 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #4,131 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences295
Theft76
Burglary11
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson74
Public order & weapons37
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 210 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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