Old Town & Grange

Hartlepool · North East · population 7,307 · 5 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,716 of 6,856 in England
  • #326 of 342 in North East
  • #11 of 11 in Hartlepool
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,131
Median age (est.)39
Density3,802per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 15%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 27%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 45%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 44% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Old Town & Grange is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,716 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #11 of 11 in Hartlepool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here, about £98,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 52% in five years (from 84 sales), 37% below the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,421 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 333 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,455
Employment 1 · #6,771
Education 10 · #6,161
Health 1 · #6,778
Crime 2 · #6,682
Housing & access 91 · #601
Living environment 3 · #6,668

House prices ?

£98,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£98,00084+8.9%+51.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£140,00017-11.8%+4.1%
Terraced£90,00059+24.1%+60.7%
Flat£47,3756
This area£98,000
Hartlepool£155,000
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)£28,421±£4,162 · #6,633 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,365
Price-to-income ?3.4×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

333 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,435 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #6,363 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences976
Theft544
Burglary101
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson248
Public order & weapons251
Drugs110
Robbery52
Other72

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 490 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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