Fownhope, Tarrington & Marcle

Herefordshire, County of · West Midlands · population 6,672 · 4 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,288 of 6,856 in England
  • #289 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,597
Median age (est.)52
Density43per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above40%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 10%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Other 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

Fownhope, Tarrington & Marcle sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,288 of 6,856 in England, and #12 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £411,250 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 68 sales), 42% above the wider Herefordshire, County of median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,690 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 74 · #1,753
Employment 78 · #1,506
Education 77 · #1,602
Health 85 · #1,026
Crime 88 · #793
Housing & access 2 · #6,750
Living environment 8 · #6,277

House prices ?

£411,250median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£411,25068+3.9%+11.5%
Detached£530,00042+6.0%+32.5%
Semi-detached£265,00019-11.7%+1.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£411,250
Herefordshire, County of£290,000
West Midlands£252,500
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)£40,690±£5,768 · #3,217 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,170
Price-to-income ?10.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 234 offences
Herefordshire, County of53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #820 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences120
Theft22
Burglary28
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons13
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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