Middleton & Hurworth

Darlington · North East · population 9,587 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,582 of 6,856 in England
  • #78 of 342 in North East
  • #4 of 14 in Darlington
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,369
Median age (est.)46
Density242per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 37% · Muslim 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

Middleton & Hurworth is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,582 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 14 in Darlington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £251,762 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 182 sales), 43% above the wider Darlington median of £176,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,907 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 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 78 · #1,513
Employment 52 · #3,275
Education 74 · #1,808
Health 43 · #3,919
Crime 63 · #2,562
Housing & access 20 · #5,468
Living environment 83 · #1,163

House prices ?

£251,762median (12m) · +9.5% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£251,762182+9.5%-3.1%
Detached£319,00084+13.9%+7.0%
Semi-detached£200,00064+11.1%+13.6%
Terraced£170,00031+6.2%+24.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£251,762
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)£42,907±£6,136 · #2,609 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,621
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 499 offences
Darlington95
North East97
England83

Rank #2,265 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences265
Theft57
Burglary27
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons40
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 184 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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