Bare

Lancaster · North West · population 5,249 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,603 of 6,856 in England
  • #295 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 18 in Lancaster
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,159
Median age (est.)59
Density2,930per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above31%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 14%45–64 27%65+ 41%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 2%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 41%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 29% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Bare is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,603 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 18 in Lancaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Health (28). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 100 sales), 20% above the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,263 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 66 · #2,322
Employment 48 · #3,583
Education 67 · #2,233
Health 28 · #4,906
Crime 73 · #1,842
Housing & access 91 · #608
Living environment 44 · #3,803

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000100+6.7%+27.0%
Detached£276,00010-17.3%-8.0%
Semi-detached£255,00054+17.0%+37.5%
Terraced£225,0009+55.4%
Flat£138,00027-5.8%-16.9%
This area£240,000
Lancaster£200,000
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)£29,263±£4,440 · #6,528 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,203
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 173 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #650 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences93
Theft15
Burglary14
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons10
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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