The Fens, Elwick & Hart

Hartlepool · North East · population 13,176 · 7 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,259 of 6,856 in England
  • #38 of 342 in North East
  • #1 of 11 in Hartlepool
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,687
Median age (est.)51
Density222per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 5%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%
Elementary6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 29% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

The Fens, Elwick & Hart is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,259 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 11 in Hartlepool. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (95) and lowest on Housing & access (46). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 297 sales), 77% above the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,478 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 83 · #1,150
Employment 71 · #1,986
Education 90 · #704
Health 48 · #3,590
Crime 67 · #2,281
Housing & access 46 · #3,679
Living environment 95 · #361

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +5.2% yr · n=297
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000297+5.2%+19.6%
Detached£325,000198+4.8%+14.4%
Semi-detached£170,00083+4.5%+18.1%
Terraced£175,00013+15.1%+29.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£275,000
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)£38,478±£5,551 · #3,875 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,092
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 447 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #726 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft49
Burglary28
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons30
Drugs19
Robbery5
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 140 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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