Ashington East

Northumberland · North East · population 8,950 · 4 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,941 of 6,856 in England
  • #241 of 342 in North East
  • #34 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,706
Median age (est.)40
Density1,228per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 33%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 35%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure15%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Ashington East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,941 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Employment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £170,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 141 sales), 16% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,606 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,777
Employment 8 · #6,291
Education 20 · #5,448
Health 10 · #6,174
Crime 21 · #5,414
Housing & access 72 · #1,883
Living environment 86 · #944

House prices ?

£170,500median (12m) · +0.3% yr · n=141
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,500141+0.3%+23.6%
Detached£260,00055+6.1%+18.2%
Semi-detached£162,50039+2.2%+30.0%
Terraced£130,00041+0.4%+26.3%
Flat£59,0006+65.0%
This area£170,500
Northumberland£202,000
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)£33,606±£4,808 · #5,472 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,718
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 872 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #4,857 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences422
Theft100
Burglary38
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons95
Drugs16
Robbery5
Other44

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 203 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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