Haughton Le Skerne

Darlington · North East · population 5,540 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,975 of 6,856 in England
  • #166 of 342 in North East
  • #7 of 14 in Darlington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,549
Median age (est.)48
Density3,553per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above22%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 26%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 12% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Sikh 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Haughton Le Skerne is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,975 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 14 in Darlington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here sold for about £151,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 58 sales), 14% below the wider Darlington median of £176,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,999 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 27 · #5,002
Employment 20 · #5,489
Education 20 · #5,455
Health 13 · #5,969
Crime 28 · #4,947
Housing & access 90 · #656
Living environment 89 · #773

House prices ?

£151,500median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£151,50058+4.5%+16.5%
Detached£217,50014-2.5%+31.8%
Semi-detached£144,00027+0.7%+12.5%
Terraced£129,25016-0.6%+27.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£151,500
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)£30,999±£4,433 · #6,192 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,800
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 348 offences
Darlington95
North East97
England83

Rank #3,057 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences170
Theft32
Burglary25
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons41
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 128 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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