Evenwood, Cockfield & Staindrop

County Durham · North East · population 12,569 · 8 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,817 of 6,856 in England
  • #152 of 342 in North East
  • #25 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,564
Median age (est.)52
Density50per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 13%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Evenwood, Cockfield & Staindrop is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,817 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (64) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £144,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 174 sales), in line with the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,936 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,242 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 51 · #3,336
Employment 40 · #4,091
Education 49 · #3,474
Health 33 · #4,605
Crime 64 · #2,493
Housing & access 6 · #6,469
Living environment 5 · #6,510

House prices ?

£144,000median (12m) · -4.6% yr · n=174
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£144,000174-4.6%-0.7%
Detached£352,50040+10.7%+41.0%
Semi-detached£170,00040+3.0%+32.3%
Terraced£110,00094-6.8%+14.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£144,000
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)£33,242±£4,780 · #5,591 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,631
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 674 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #2,380 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences281
Theft66
Burglary76
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson118
Public order & weapons38
Drugs17
Robbery0
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 121 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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