Kellet & Lune Valley

Lancaster · North West · population 6,195 · 4 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,041 of 6,856 in England
  • #230 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 18 in Lancaster
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,994
Median age (est.)54
Density23per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above43%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 3%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 30% · Other 1%

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

Kellet & Lune Valley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,041 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 18 in Lancaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 65 sales), 62% above the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,132 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 95 · #355
Employment 91 · #622
Education 87 · #889
Health 78 · #1,479
Crime 96 · #238
Housing & access 7 · #6,373
Living environment 10 · #6,140

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · -14.5% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00065-14.5%+15.6%
Detached£479,37528-6.9%+30.3%
Semi-detached£325,00015+23.8%+32.7%
Terraced£200,00021-21.6%-9.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£325,000
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)£38,132±£5,347 · #3,997 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,240
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 165 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #232 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences80
Theft23
Burglary21
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons9
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 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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