Stanley North & East

County Durham · North East · population 8,202 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,174 of 6,856 in England
  • #178 of 342 in North East
  • #32 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,194
Median age (est.)46
Density912per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 19%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 41% · Muslim 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

Stanley North & East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,174 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (70) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here, about £120,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 108 sales), 17% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,258 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 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 28 · #4,954
Employment 18 · #5,640
Education 38 · #4,282
Health 12 · #6,065
Crime 18 · #5,653
Housing & access 70 · #2,048
Living environment 48 · #3,556

House prices ?

£120,000median (12m) · +14.3% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£120,000108+14.3%+36.4%
Detached£267,50018+9.2%+42.3%
Semi-detached£173,00025+23.6%+50.4%
Terraced£85,00061-5.6%+28.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£120,000
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)£32,258±£4,583 · #5,892 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,132
Price-to-income ?3.7×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,114 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #5,743 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences464
Theft238
Burglary47
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson156
Public order & weapons96
Drugs24
Robbery12
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 278 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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