Ferryhill East & Cornforth

County Durham · North East · population 6,616 · 4 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,270 of 6,856 in England
  • #280 of 342 in North East
  • #57 of 65 in County Durham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,710
Median age (est.)48
Density618per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 30%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 40%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades13%
Process & plant12%
Professional11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors7%

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 54% · No religion 39% · 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

Ferryhill East & Cornforth is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,270 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #57 of 65 in County Durham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (47) and lowest on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £87,750 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 90 sales), 39% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £26,864 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 111 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 11 · #6,099
Employment 5 · #6,531
Education 24 · #5,201
Health 3 · #6,661
Crime 15 · #5,852
Housing & access 33 · #4,591
Living environment 47 · #3,631

House prices ?

£87,750median (12m) · -6.4% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£87,75090-6.4%+11.4%
Detached£221,5008+5.5%+28.8%
Semi-detached£104,50043+6.1%+52.6%
Terraced£84,75038+11.5%+46.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£87,750
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)£26,864±£3,955 · #6,765 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,632
Price-to-income ?3.3×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 ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 732 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #5,229 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences283
Theft204
Burglary33
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons64
Drugs18
Robbery4
Other22

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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