Lea & Marina

Preston · North West · population 7,850 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,322 of 6,856 in England
  • #264 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 17 in Preston
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,375
Median age (est.)39
Density782per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 29%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 11%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 33% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Lea & Marina is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,322 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 17 in Preston. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (90) and lowest on Crime (36). Typical homes here sold for about £227,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 136 sales), 21% above the wider Preston median of £187,500. Typical household take-home income is around £39,733 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 96 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,918
Employment 65 · #2,377
Education 72 · #1,917
Health 44 · #3,864
Crime 36 · #4,399
Housing & access 61 · #2,672
Living environment 90 · #684

House prices ?

£227,500median (12m) · -0.2% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£227,500136-0.2%+2.1%
Detached£312,50056+5.9%+8.2%
Semi-detached£195,00045-8.9%+4.3%
Terraced£138,25022-27.9%-4.7%
Flat£128,00013+0.8%+13.8%
This area£227,500
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)£39,733±£5,588 · #3,501 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,123
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

96 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 756 offences
Preston106
North West82
England83

Rank #4,813 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences301
Theft215
Burglary37
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons45
Drugs18
Robbery11
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 284 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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