Marsh, Haverbreaks & Scotforth West

Lancaster · North West · population 10,362 · 6 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,774 of 6,856 in England
  • #311 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 18 in Lancaster
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,341
Median age (est.)39
Density1,237per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above45%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 16%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 39% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Marsh, Haverbreaks & Scotforth West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,774 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 18 in Lancaster. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (84) and lowest on Living environment (37). Typical homes here sold for about £193,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 145 sales), in line with the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #314 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,074 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 58 · #2,870
Employment 55 · #3,090
Education 71 · #2,000
Health 46 · #3,665
Crime 51 · #3,357
Housing & access 84 · #1,067
Living environment 37 · #4,317

House prices ?

£193,000median (12m) · +1.6% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£193,000145+1.6%+18.2%
Detached£430,00029-3.4%+29.1%
Semi-detached£245,25024+1.1%+39.3%
Terraced£175,00063+3.6%+23.3%
Flat£136,85029+19.0%+23.3%
This area£193,000
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)£39,074±£5,527 · #3,694 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,697
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 508 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #2,037 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences233
Theft55
Burglary48
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons46
Drugs10
Robbery4
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 178 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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