Thornhill, Gosforth & Seascale

Cumberland · North West · population 8,592 · 6 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,672 of 6,856 in England
  • #304 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 33 in Cumberland
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,371
Median age (est.)53
Density29per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Skilled trades 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 31% · Buddhist 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

Thornhill, Gosforth & Seascale is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,672 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 33 in Cumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 147 sales), 20% above the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,830 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 90 · #656
Employment 75 · #1,739
Education 71 · #2,007
Health 48 · #3,570
Crime 98 · #121
Housing & access 8 · #6,332
Living environment 24 · #5,201

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=147
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000147-2.3%+16.7%
Detached£295,00059-1.2%+18.0%
Semi-detached£180,00053+0.1%+14.6%
Terraced£163,50030-2.4%+28.2%
Flat£165,0005+179.7%
This area£210,000
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)£36,830±£5,366 · #4,421 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,453
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 333 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #1,146 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft68
Burglary12
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons35
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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