Wetheral, Corby & Geltsdale

Cumberland · North West · population 8,869 · 5 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,547 of 6,856 in England
  • #181 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 33 in Cumberland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,804
Median age (est.)53
Density42per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 4%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 5%Other: 20%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 5%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional11%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Wetheral, Corby & Geltsdale is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,547 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 33 in Cumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 125 sales), 74% above the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,349 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 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 96 · #252
Employment 90 · #649
Education 82 · #1,259
Health 80 · #1,390
Crime 95 · #313
Housing & access 8 · #6,332
Living environment 36 · #4,406

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +9.4% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000125+9.4%+22.0%
Detached£396,50064-2.7%+22.9%
Semi-detached£265,00029+11.6%+27.4%
Terraced£186,25022+3.8%+6.4%
Flat£162,50010-7.1%
This area£305,000
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)£38,349±£5,398 · #3,918 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,770
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 228 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #198 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft25
Burglary5
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons22
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 5 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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