Lancaster East

Lancaster · North West · population 7,790 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,186 of 6,856 in England
  • #351 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 18 in Lancaster
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,042
Median age (est.)38
Density1,895per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above42%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 16%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 10%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional13%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Lancaster East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,186 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 18 in Lancaster. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (84) and lowest on Health (39). Typical homes here sold for about £208,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 110 sales), in line with the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #692 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,338 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 53 · #3,220
Employment 46 · #3,713
Education 51 · #3,364
Health 39 · #4,180
Crime 45 · #3,741
Housing & access 84 · #1,074
Living environment 77 · #1,588

House prices ?

£208,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,000110-3.8%+15.6%
Detached£485,00015+29.6%+36.4%
Semi-detached£240,00033-3.6%+7.9%
Terraced£180,00045-3.5%+11.6%
Flat£158,00017-17.4%+28.7%
This area£208,000
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)£38,338±£5,374 · #3,923 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,438
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 484 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #3,010 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences253
Theft37
Burglary58
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons24
Drugs12
Robbery3
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 152 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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