Whalley & Brockhall

Ribble Valley · North West · population 9,026 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #567 of 6,856 in England
  • #72 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 8 in Ribble Valley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,813
Median age (est.)48
Density287per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above43%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 69% · No religion 24% · Muslim 1%

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

Whalley & Brockhall is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #567 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 8 in Ribble Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (97) and lowest on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £379,975 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 178 sales), 34% above the wider Ribble Valley median of £283,500. Typical household take-home income is around £41,852 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 93 · #464
Employment 84 · #1,095
Education 97 · #204
Health 82 · #1,211
Crime 74 · #1,746
Housing & access 43 · #3,919
Living environment 64 · #2,459

House prices ?

£379,975median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=178
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£379,975178+2.6%+24.6%
Detached£488,97592+4.0%+8.7%
Semi-detached£311,47546+4.7%+38.4%
Terraced£217,50036+10.1%+0.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£379,975
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)£41,852±£5,901 · #2,894 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,020
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 455 offences
Ribble Valley41
North West82
England83

Rank #2,159 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft35
Burglary24
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons29
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 121 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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