Morecambe South West

Lancaster · North West · population 5,804 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,803 of 6,856 in England
  • #517 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 18 in Lancaster
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,774
Median age (est.)42
Density4,994per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above21%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 3%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 17% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure17%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary13%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

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 54% · No religion 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Morecambe South West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,803 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 18 in Lancaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (22). Typical homes here, about £174,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 92 sales), 13% below the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,746 a year, among England's lowest. 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 37 · #4,296
Employment 25 · #5,126
Education 23 · #5,297
Health 22 · #5,311
Crime 26 · #5,071
Housing & access 84 · #1,109
Living environment 25 · #5,160

House prices ?

£174,500median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£174,50092+4.5%+37.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£180,00073+7.8%+32.4%
Terraced£134,00012-17.5%+16.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£174,500
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)£30,746±£4,307 · #6,256 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,763
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 359 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #2,994 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences199
Theft35
Burglary13
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons20
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 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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