Waddington, Gisburn & Slaidburn

Ribble Valley · North West · population 7,503 · 5 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,644 of 6,856 in England
  • #301 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 8 in Ribble Valley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,413
Median age (est.)52
Density26per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 15%45–64 34%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 4%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 5%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 5%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 22% · Professional 20% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors22%
Professional20%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional12%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 69% · No religion 24% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Waddington, Gisburn & Slaidburn is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,644 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 8 in Ribble Valley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here, about £415,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 83 sales), 46% above the wider Ribble Valley median of £283,500. Typical household take-home income is around £40,712 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 96 · #259
Employment 91 · #594
Education 92 · #560
Health 94 · #389
Crime 97 · #197
Housing & access 5 · #6,490
Living environment 1 · #6,778

House prices ?

£415,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£415,00083-1.2%+27.1%
Detached£607,50040-4.5%+17.8%
Semi-detached£375,00016+28.0%+60.6%
Terraced£320,50026+1.5%+47.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£415,000
Ribble Valley£283,500
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)£40,712±£5,755 · #3,210 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,618
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 204 offences
Ribble Valley41
North West82
England83

Rank #258 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences85
Theft27
Burglary25
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons7
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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