Keswick & Derwent Valley

Cumberland · North West · population 6,185 · 4 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,917 of 6,856 in England
  • #217 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 33 in Cumberland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,280
Median age (est.)53
Density31per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 19%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 35%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 17% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades17%
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Keswick & Derwent Valley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,917 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 33 in Cumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (82) and lowest on Living environment (27). Typical homes here sold for about £342,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 96 sales) — roughly 2.0× the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,609 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 82 · #1,253
Employment 82 · #1,225
Education 59 · #2,795
Health 77 · #1,575
Crime 67 · #2,274
Housing & access 33 · #4,584
Living environment 27 · #4,989

House prices ?

£342,500median (12m) · -19.4% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£342,50096-19.4%+6.4%
Detached£490,00022-17.8%+5.4%
Semi-detached£340,00020-9.3%+0.4%
Terraced£327,50034-18.6%+4.0%
Flat£220,00020-18.5%-6.9%
This area£342,500
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)£33,609±£4,887 · #5,470 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,626
Price-to-income ?10.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 426 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #3,459 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences182
Theft95
Burglary13
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons44
Drugs14
Robbery2
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 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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