Seaton Delaval & Seghill

Northumberland · North East · population 8,181 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,241 of 6,856 in England
  • #127 of 342 in North East
  • #23 of 38 in Northumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,153
Median age (est.)45
Density598per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above27%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 23%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 39%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 47% · Other 0%

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

Seaton Delaval & Seghill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,241 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 38 in Northumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (76) and lowest on Health (22). Typical homes here, about £180,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 105 sales), 11% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,418 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,904 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 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 42 · #4,001
Employment 25 · #5,112
Education 41 · #4,015
Health 22 · #5,311
Crime 26 · #5,091
Housing & access 69 · #2,137
Living environment 76 · #1,671

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · +25.0% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,000105+25.0%+30.4%
Detached£287,00019-1.5%+30.5%
Semi-detached£182,50051+10.6%+30.1%
Terraced£144,00022+5.9%+44.0%
Flat£83,00013+13.7%+31.2%
This area£180,000
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)£34,904±£4,979 · #5,068 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,240
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 599 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #3,732 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft115
Burglary13
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons63
Drugs22
Robbery3
Other45

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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