Lowdham, Bleasby & Gunthorpe

Newark and Sherwood · East Midlands · population 6,895 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #841 of 6,856 in England
  • #64 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #2 of 13 in Newark and Sherwood
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,711
Median age (est.)50
Density131per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 34% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Lowdham, Bleasby & Gunthorpe is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #841 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Newark and Sherwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (98) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £487,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 76 sales) — roughly 2.1× the wider Newark and Sherwood median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,196 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 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 98 · #163
Employment 97 · #190
Education 84 · #1,074
Health 80 · #1,355
Crime 87 · #917
Housing & access 17 · #5,695
Living environment 50 · #3,453

House prices ?

£487,500median (12m) · +16.5% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£487,50076+16.5%+15.4%
Detached£572,47552-6.0%+20.1%
Semi-detached£387,00017+22.6%+41.8%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£487,500
Newark and Sherwood£235,000
East Midlands£250,000
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)£50,196±£7,936 · #1,034 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,186
Price-to-income ?9.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 359 offences
Newark and Sherwood71
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,280 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences198
Theft30
Burglary12
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons8
Drugs14
Robbery2
Other58

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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