Albert Hill & Red Hall

Darlington · North East · population 9,737 · 5 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,715 of 6,856 in England
  • #221 of 342 in North East
  • #10 of 14 in Darlington
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,404
Median age (est.)36
Density2,289per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 22%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 29%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 17%Other: 11%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 17%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Albert Hill & Red Hall is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,715 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 14 in Darlington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here sold for about £150,250 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 104 sales), 15% below the wider Darlington median of £176,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,949 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 142 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 16 · #5,736
Employment 17 · #5,708
Education 13 · #5,976
Health 10 · #6,147
Crime 17 · #5,674
Housing & access 86 · #930
Living environment 69 · #2,130

House prices ?

£150,250median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,250104+7.3%+16.0%
Detached£218,50015-0.7%+24.9%
Semi-detached£152,50060+5.2%+22.0%
Terraced£124,00023+37.8%+26.2%
Flat£76,0006+20.6%
This area£150,250
Darlington£176,500
North East£171,000
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)£33,949±£4,848 · #5,358 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,625
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

142 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,379 offences
Darlington95
North East97
England83

Rank #5,826 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences600
Theft234
Burglary62
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson231
Public order & weapons94
Drugs21
Robbery12
Other55

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 314 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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