Audley & Bignall End

Newcastle-under-Lyme · West Midlands · population 8,277 · 5 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,439 of 6,856 in England
  • #303 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #10 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,326
Median age (est.)48
Density282per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

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: 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

Audley & Bignall End sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,439 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (63) and lowest on Living environment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £174,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 105 sales), 13% below the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme median of £200,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #564 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,082 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 60 · #2,747
Employment 54 · #3,117
Education 51 · #3,371
Health 39 · #4,186
Crime 63 · #2,521
Housing & access 26 · #5,105
Living environment 24 · #5,228

House prices ?

£174,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£174,000105-2.0%+13.0%
Detached£290,00019-1.4%+21.3%
Semi-detached£205,00037+5.1%+22.8%
Terraced£145,25048+0.2%+23.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£174,000
Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
West Midlands£252,500
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)£35,082±£4,955 · #5,011 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,428
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 386 offences
Newcastle-under-Lyme73
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,844 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft26
Burglary17
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons34
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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