Workington North & Seaton

Cumberland · North West · population 8,972 · 6 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,680 of 6,856 in England
  • #503 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 33 in Cumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,967
Median age (est.)46
Density490per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van22%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 17%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 36%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%

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 63% · No religion 31% · Other 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

Workington North & Seaton is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,680 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 33 in Cumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (57) and lowest on Health (24). Typical homes here sold for about £160,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 121 sales), 9% below the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,814 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,266 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 139 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 47 · #3,611
Employment 33 · #4,584
Education 28 · #4,927
Health 24 · #5,180
Crime 57 · #2,953
Housing & access 43 · #3,905
Living environment 29 · #4,886

House prices ?

£160,000median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£160,000121+10.3%+6.7%
Detached£302,50028+16.3%+21.0%
Semi-detached£175,00038+2.9%+16.7%
Terraced£109,00047-0.9%+21.1%
Flat£80,0008
This area£160,000
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)£31,266±£4,502 · #6,127 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,307
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

139 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,246 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #5,777 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences542
Theft246
Burglary29
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson141
Public order & weapons157
Drugs78
Robbery4
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 136 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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