Marton West

Middlesbrough · North East · population 5,453 · 3 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #519 of 6,856 in England
  • #16 of 342 in North East
  • #1 of 19 in Middlesbrough
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,338
Median age (est.)49
Density2,241per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 4%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%
Elementary5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 32% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Marton West is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #519 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 19 in Middlesbrough. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (96) and lowest on Housing & access (54). Typical homes here sold for about £281,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 88 sales) — roughly 1.8× the wider Middlesbrough median of £155,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #257 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £42,244 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 90 · #656
Employment 80 · #1,335
Education 91 · #608
Health 63 · #2,541
Crime 86 · #923
Housing & access 54 · #3,151
Living environment 96 · #238

House prices ?

£281,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£281,00088+8.1%+24.9%
Detached£299,00058-0.2%+23.3%
Semi-detached£198,25028+5.2%+32.2%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£281,000
Middlesbrough£155,000
North East£171,000
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)£42,244±£6,062 · #2,777 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,174
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 167 offences
Middlesbrough159
North East97
England83

Rank #449 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences73
Theft30
Burglary10
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson12
Public order & weapons13
Drugs6
Robbery4
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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