Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West

County Durham · North East · population 8,122 · 5 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,085 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 342 in North East
  • #52 of 65 in County Durham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,884
Median age (est.)38
Density1,208per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · 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

Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,085 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #52 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (73) but weak on Employment (8). Typical homes here, about £122,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 112 sales), 15% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,612 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 198 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,955
Employment 8 · #6,339
Education 16 · #5,743
Health 8 · #6,332
Crime 11 · #6,092
Housing & access 73 · #1,863
Living environment 58 · #2,843

House prices ?

£122,500median (12m) · +28.9% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£122,500112+28.9%+60.1%
Detached£208,00027-6.1%+5.3%
Semi-detached£148,95025+19.2%+23.1%
Terraced£86,49960+12.3%+116.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£122,500
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)£31,612±£4,517 · #6,050 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,103
Price-to-income ?3.9×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

198 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,607 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #6,172 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences675
Theft214
Burglary43
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson303
Public order & weapons151
Drugs108
Robbery7
Other67

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 282 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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