Parton & Distington

Cumberland · North West · population 5,200 · 3 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,016 of 6,856 in England
  • #548 of 932 in North West
  • #20 of 33 in Cumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,189
Median age (est.)47
Density214per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 22%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 64% · No religion 29% · 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

Parton & Distington is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,016 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 33 in Cumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (57) and lowest on Health (18). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 64 sales), 20% below the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,641 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 40 · #4,084
Employment 28 · #4,927
Education 19 · #5,551
Health 18 · #5,619
Crime 57 · #2,959
Housing & access 25 · #5,132
Living environment 25 · #5,119

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +14.3% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00064+14.3%+16.7%
Detached£295,00019+25.0%+4.4%
Semi-detached£175,00015+40.0%+45.8%
Terraced£89,00030+6.6%+28.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£140,000
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)£33,641±£4,831 · #5,457 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,888
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 180 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #778 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences97
Theft15
Burglary3
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons26
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 8 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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