Morpeth Central & East

Northumberland · North East · population 6,048 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,461 of 6,856 in England
  • #135 of 342 in North East
  • #26 of 38 in Northumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,032
Median age (est.)52
Density2,001per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 25%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 43%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

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

Morpeth Central & East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,461 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Health (18). Typical homes here sold for about £178,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 107 sales), 12% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,664 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,486 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 37 · #4,324
Employment 19 · #5,544
Education 48 · #3,549
Health 18 · #5,592
Crime 35 · #4,454
Housing & access 86 · #971
Living environment 63 · #2,562

House prices ?

£178,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£178,000107-3.8%-1.1%
Detached£405,00014+23.8%+8.0%
Semi-detached£189,00028-12.5%+3.8%
Terraced£179,00040+17.8%+28.8%
Flat£140,00025-15.2%-24.3%
This area£178,000
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)£33,486±£4,829 · #5,506 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,535
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 543 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #4,540 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences199
Theft128
Burglary25
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons46
Drugs20
Robbery3
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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