Seaton Carew

Hartlepool · North East · population 6,803 · 4 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,233 of 6,856 in England
  • #68 of 342 in North East
  • #2 of 11 in Hartlepool
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,752
Median age (est.)48
Density555per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Seaton Carew is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,233 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 11 in Hartlepool. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (81) and lowest on Health (27). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 116 sales), 19% above the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #101 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £36,394 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 67 · #2,253
Employment 57 · #2,932
Education 81 · #1,328
Health 27 · #5,030
Crime 68 · #2,178
Housing & access 57 · #2,918
Living environment 80 · #1,362

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +11.4% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,000116+11.4%+24.2%
Detached£244,99551+2.7%+25.6%
Semi-detached£160,00049+0.4%+18.5%
Terraced£128,75014-5.0%+17.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£185,000
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)£36,394±£5,227 · #4,571 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,809
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 451 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #3,298 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft203
Burglary15
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons31
Drugs10
Robbery7
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 109 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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