Raffles & Morton

Cumberland · North West · population 10,313 · 6 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,777 of 6,856 in England
  • #663 of 932 in North West
  • #29 of 33 in Cumberland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,165
Median age (est.)39
Density4,558per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 31%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 10%
One person 39%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 17% · Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Process & plant17%
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

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 48% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Raffles & Morton is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,777 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 33 in Cumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Crime (6). Typical homes here sold for about £139,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 122 sales), 21% below the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,338 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 92 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,235
Employment 14 · #5,887
Education 9 · #6,229
Health 8 · #6,339
Crime 6 · #6,407
Housing & access 86 · #965
Living environment 85 · #999

House prices ?

£139,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£139,000122+1.5%+17.8%
Detached£247,75014+2.4%+18.0%
Semi-detached£150,00059+7.1%+22.0%
Terraced£125,00044-2.7%+34.4%
Flat£92,0005+78.6%+17.9%
This area£139,000
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)£28,338±£4,038 · #6,645 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,649
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

92 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 950 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #4,631 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences455
Theft108
Burglary20
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson137
Public order & weapons124
Drugs43
Robbery2
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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