Morecambe Town

Lancaster · North West · population 7,357 · 5 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,709 of 6,856 in England
  • #879 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 18 in Lancaster
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,465
Median age (est.)40
Density5,002per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 14%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 18% · Elementary 17% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure18%
Elementary17%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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 Town is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,709 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #17 of 18 in Lancaster. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here, about £140,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 85 sales), 30% below the wider Lancaster median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £25,916 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 193 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 6 · #6,435
Employment 2 · #6,695
Education 6 · #6,414
Health 2 · #6,730
Crime 2 · #6,743
Housing & access 90 · #704
Living environment 2 · #6,743

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +7.7% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00085+7.7%+33.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£185,00029+10.1%+23.3%
Terraced£137,50036+5.8%+37.5%
Flat£77,75020-10.5%+13.2%
This area£140,000
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)£25,916±£3,719 · #6,804 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,118
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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

193 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,422 offences
Lancaster73
North West82
England83

Rank #6,158 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences586
Theft273
Burglary70
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson193
Public order & weapons116
Drugs78
Robbery21
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 513 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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