Scunthorpe North

North Lincolnshire · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,673 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,585 of 6,856 in England
  • #486 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #19 of 23 in North Lincolnshire
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,490
Median age (est.)38
Density764per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above20%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 22%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 11%Other: 19%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 11%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 23% · Elementary 22% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Process & plant23%
Elementary22%
Skilled trades11%
Professional9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Associate professional7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 13%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 80%Asian 13%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 30% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Scunthorpe North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,585 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 23 in North Lincolnshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (64) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here, about £155,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 98 sales), 11% below the wider North Lincolnshire median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,721 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 146 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 18 · #5,605
Employment 22 · #5,311
Education 8 · #6,270
Health 19 · #5,578
Crime 28 · #4,920
Housing & access 64 · #2,445
Living environment 50 · #3,405

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,000980.0%+44.2%
Detached£211,84532+4.0%+36.7%
Semi-detached£147,24551-2.5%+41.6%
Terraced£103,75014+15.3%+35.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£155,000
North Lincolnshire£175,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
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)£30,721±£4,389 · #6,261 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,225
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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,121 offences
North Lincolnshire85
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,872 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences417
Theft298
Burglary54
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson96
Public order & weapons114
Drugs48
Robbery16
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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