Broadfield & Knuzden

Hyndburn · North West · population 6,032 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,460 of 6,856 in England
  • #379 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 9 in Hyndburn
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,892
Median age (est.)51
Density332per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 64% · No religion 28% · Muslim 3%

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

Broadfield & Knuzden sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,460 of 6,856 in England, and #1 of 9 in Hyndburn. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (64) and lowest on Living environment (27). Typical homes here sold for about £165,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 89 sales), 20% above the wider Hyndburn median of £137,750. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #512 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,815 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 67 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 64 · #2,445
Employment 48 · #3,563
Education 54 · #3,138
Health 34 · #4,488
Crime 52 · #3,261
Housing & access 38 · #4,276
Living environment 27 · #4,995

House prices ?

£165,000median (12m) · +3.1% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£165,00089+3.1%+23.6%
Detached£263,00010+9.0%+40.3%
Semi-detached£175,75046+3.4%+27.8%
Terraced£152,00031+7.8%+52.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£165,000
Hyndburn£137,750
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)£31,815±£4,483 · #5,999 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,677
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 402 offences
Hyndburn99
North West82
England83

Rank #3,319 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences180
Theft30
Burglary38
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons25
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 134 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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