Workington West

Cumberland · North West · population 8,700 · 5 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,483 of 6,856 in England
  • #822 of 932 in North West
  • #33 of 33 in Cumberland
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,612
Median age (est.)40
Density2,178per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above17%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 37%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 15%Other: 9%
One person 42%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 15%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional9%
Professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

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 57% · No religion 37% · Muslim 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 West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,483 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 33 in Cumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (44) and lowest on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £107,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 118 sales), 39% below the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,347 a year, among England's lowest. 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 12 · #6,030
Employment 5 · #6,517
Education 4 · #6,551
Health 3 · #6,647
Crime 8 · #6,270
Housing & access 44 · #3,871
Living environment 24 · #5,194

House prices ?

£107,000median (12m) · -2.7% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£107,000118-2.7%+9.7%
Detached£225,00011-2.2%+17.5%
Semi-detached£128,50024+7.1%+18.2%
Terraced£95,00082+5.6%+20.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£107,000
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)£28,347±£4,090 · #6,643 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,127
Price-to-income ?3.8×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

139 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,210 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #5,782 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences525
Theft215
Burglary53
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson144
Public order & weapons140
Drugs52
Robbery5
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 62 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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