Firthmoor

Darlington · North East · population 6,523 · 3 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,448 of 6,856 in England
  • #202 of 342 in North East
  • #9 of 14 in Darlington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,355
Median age (est.)38
Density3,218per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above20%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 23%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
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 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Firthmoor is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,448 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Darlington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (74) but weak on Education (14). Typical homes here sold for about £126,500 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 59 sales), 28% below the wider Darlington median of £176,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,085 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,557
Employment 19 · #5,551
Education 14 · #5,900
Health 17 · #5,708
Crime 20 · #5,462
Housing & access 74 · #1,801
Living environment 73 · #1,842

House prices ?

£126,500median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£126,50059-1.2%+20.5%
Detached£165,0008-11.8%+17.9%
Semi-detached£126,25040+1.0%+25.0%
Terraced£120,00011-4.2%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£126,500
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)£33,085±£4,755 · #5,650 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,070
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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 449 offences
Darlington95
North East97
England83

Rank #3,448 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences194
Theft35
Burglary34
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson86
Public order & weapons33
Drugs14
Robbery0
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 140 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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