Aspatria & Abbeytown

Cumberland · North West · population 8,131 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,920 of 6,856 in England
  • #536 of 932 in North West
  • #19 of 33 in Cumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,104
Median age (est.)50
Density48per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 14%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 20% · Professional 14% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades20%
Professional14%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · Other 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

Aspatria & Abbeytown is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,920 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 33 in Cumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (67) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £195,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 115 sales), 11% above the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,197 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 49 · #3,522
Employment 34 · #4,557
Education 32 · #4,687
Health 37 · #4,296
Crime 67 · #2,247
Housing & access 5 · #6,503
Living environment 8 · #6,291

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,000115-2.5%+8.3%
Detached£260,00049-6.1%+7.2%
Semi-detached£185,00023+8.8%+14.9%
Terraced£125,50042+4.6%+9.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£195,000
Cumberland£175,000
North West£225,000
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)£31,197±£4,414 · #6,138 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,996
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 358 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #1,591 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences197
Theft35
Burglary14
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons40
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 12 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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