Broughton & Wychnor

Preston · North West · population 10,846 · 5 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #745 of 6,856 in England
  • #95 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 17 in Preston
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,754
Median age (est.)41
Density257per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above47%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 49%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 49%Social rent 3%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 20%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 20%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 24% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Broughton & Wychnor is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #745 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 17 in Preston. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (98) but weak on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here sold for about £324,500 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 291 sales), 73% above the wider Preston median of £187,500. Typical household take-home income is around £46,244 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 85 · #1,006
Employment 94 · #382
Education 98 · #135
Health 54 · #3,124
Crime 72 · #1,952
Housing & access 41 · #4,015
Living environment 78 · #1,520

House prices ?

£324,500median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=291
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£324,500291+3.7%+24.8%
Detached£366,000204+5.2%+22.0%
Semi-detached£220,00069-6.3%+18.9%
Terraced£158,58416-1.4%-2.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£324,500
Preston£187,500
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)£46,244±£6,639 · #1,787 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,721
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 581 offences
Preston106
North West82
England83

Rank #2,382 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences311
Theft64
Burglary30
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons30
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 230 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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