Stanhope & Weardale

County Durham · North East · population 7,881 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,241 of 6,856 in England
  • #127 of 342 in North East
  • #19 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,828
Median age (est.)54
Density20per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above34%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 34%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 33%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades17%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

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

Stanhope & Weardale is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,241 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £189,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 114 sales), 32% above the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,499 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,410 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 63 · #2,541
Employment 47 · #3,604
Education 56 · #3,035
Health 38 · #4,269
Crime 76 · #1,671
Housing & access 9 · #6,264
Living environment 4 · #6,572

House prices ?

£189,500median (12m) · -13.9% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£189,500114-13.9%+5.6%
Detached£342,50034+3.8%+28.8%
Semi-detached£190,00021-12.6%+4.8%
Terraced£151,00052-0.7%+25.8%
Flat£185,5007-12.2%
This area£189,500
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)£33,410±£5,033 · #5,539 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,378
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 330 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #1,403 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft30
Burglary54
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons25
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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