Ashington West & South

Northumberland · North East · population 12,673 · 8 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,926 of 6,856 in England
  • #118 of 342 in North East
  • #20 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,427
Median age (est.)47
Density828per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 16%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 40% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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 West & South is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,926 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Health (23). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 182 sales), 31% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #763 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,783 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 43 · #3,933
Employment 33 · #4,570
Education 45 · #3,768
Health 23 · #5,270
Crime 41 · #4,043
Housing & access 82 · #1,211
Living environment 84 · #1,074

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,000182+5.3%+3.7%
Detached£255,00045+4.1%+26.7%
Semi-detached£175,00047+16.7%+31.6%
Terraced£110,00081-3.1%+32.9%
Flat£80,00090.0%+42.0%
This area£140,000
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)£35,783±£5,125 · #4,785 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,453
Price-to-income ?3.9×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 941 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #3,794 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences313
Theft275
Burglary46
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson83
Public order & weapons89
Drugs18
Robbery16
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 206 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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