Elswick, Singleton & Weeton

Fylde · North West · population 8,786 · 5 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,815 of 6,856 in England
  • #317 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 9 in Fylde
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,513
Median age (est.)47
Density129per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 33% · Muslim 1%

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

Elswick, Singleton & Weeton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,815 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 9 in Fylde. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (66) and lowest on Housing & access (25). Typical homes here sold for about £287,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 101 sales), 19% above the wider Fylde median of £242,125. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,559 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,687 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 59 · #2,802
Employment 61 · #2,699
Education 66 · #2,363
Health 39 · #4,159
Crime 60 · #2,774
Housing & access 25 · #5,139
Living environment 62 · #2,630

House prices ?

£287,000median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£287,000101-4.3%+17.3%
Detached£334,00055-19.5%+19.3%
Semi-detached£246,50026+7.2%+23.3%
Terraced£161,50018+2.5%+7.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£287,000
Fylde£242,125
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)£37,687±£5,293 · #4,150 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,001
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 427 offences
Fylde55
North West82
England83

Rank #2,000 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences222
Theft51
Burglary13
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons27
Drugs13
Robbery0
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 131 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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