Kirkham & Wesham

Fylde · North West · population 12,899 · 7 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,603 of 6,856 in England
  • #295 of 932 in North West
  • #5 of 9 in Fylde
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,577
Median age (est.)44
Density868per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Kirkham & Wesham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,603 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 9 in Fylde. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (75) and lowest on Health (44). Typical homes here sold for about £225,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 193 sales), 7% below the wider Fylde median of £242,125. Typical household take-home income is around £36,655 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 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 56 · #3,021
Employment 52 · #3,268
Education 54 · #3,131
Health 44 · #3,823
Crime 63 · #2,507
Housing & access 75 · #1,739
Living environment 67 · #2,233

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=193
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000193+4.5%+6.1%
Detached£327,50074-3.0%+18.2%
Semi-detached£220,00062+12.8%+25.4%
Terraced£140,00049+11.1%+26.1%
Flat£107,5008-4.4%+19.4%
This area£225,000
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)£36,655±£5,160 · #4,481 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,169
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 689 offences
Fylde55
North West82
England83

Rank #2,369 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences378
Theft82
Burglary18
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons53
Drugs13
Robbery3
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 278 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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