East Colne, Foulridge & Trawden

Pendle · North West · population 6,939 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,932 of 6,856 in England
  • #330 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 12 in Pendle
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,931
Median age (est.)49
Density137per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 5%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%

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 55% · No religion 39% · Muslim 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

East Colne, Foulridge & Trawden is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,932 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 12 in Pendle. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £192,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 129 sales), 31% above the wider Pendle median of £147,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #383 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,852 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 85 · #1,054
Employment 79 · #1,417
Education 86 · #923
Health 60 · #2,726
Crime 86 · #992
Housing & access 5 · #6,538
Living environment 9 · #6,257

House prices ?

£192,500median (12m) · -14.4% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,500129-14.4%+6.9%
Detached£367,50024-10.9%-13.5%
Semi-detached£264,00026-5.7%+32.7%
Terraced£160,00077-3.0%+28.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£192,500
Pendle£147,000
North West£225,000
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)£36,852±£5,259 · #4,412 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,874
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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 224 offences
Pendle74
North West82
England83

Rank #584 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences111
Theft10
Burglary29
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons15
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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