Great Lumley & Bournmoor

County Durham · North East · population 7,343 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,118 of 6,856 in England
  • #123 of 342 in North East
  • #18 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,278
Median age (est.)48
Density450per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%

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 56% · No religion 39% · Sikh 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

Great Lumley & Bournmoor is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,118 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 65 in County Durham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (74) and lowest on Health (20). Typical homes here, about £225,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 103 sales), 56% above the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,815 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,629 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 43 · #3,912
Employment 29 · #4,851
Education 42 · #3,967
Health 20 · #5,455
Crime 42 · #3,947
Housing & access 62 · #2,582
Living environment 74 · #1,780

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +12.5% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000103+12.5%+25.4%
Detached£338,49834-8.5%+33.3%
Semi-detached£185,50038+5.4%+30.2%
Terraced£150,00029-3.8%+30.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£225,000
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)£38,629±£5,541 · #3,832 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,078
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 347 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #1,885 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences157
Theft25
Burglary30
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons23
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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