Seahouses, Belford & Wooler

Northumberland · North East · population 10,078 · 6 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,960 of 6,856 in England
  • #119 of 342 in North East
  • #21 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,022
Median age (est.)57
Density13per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above31%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 31%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 15%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 34%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 18% · Managers & directors 16% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades18%
Managers & directors16%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative8%
Associate professional8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 33% · 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

Seahouses, Belford & Wooler is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,960 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (84) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £252,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 176 sales), 25% above the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,942 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 64 · #2,486
Employment 59 · #2,802
Education 40 · #4,111
Health 65 · #2,425
Crime 84 · #1,081
Housing & access 6 · #6,421
Living environment 7 · #6,346

House prices ?

£252,500median (12m) · -12.2% yr · n=176
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£252,500176-12.2%+11.0%
Detached£382,50060-1.9%+34.9%
Semi-detached£225,00059+4.7%+32.4%
Terraced£189,50049-19.4%+2.2%
Flat£186,7508-35.6%-5.2%
This area£252,500
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)£30,942±£4,566 · #6,204 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,218
Price-to-income ?8.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 343 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #736 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences138
Theft48
Burglary30
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons44
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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