Wilpshire & Mellor

Ribble Valley · North West · population 8,822 · 6 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #403 of 6,856 in England
  • #46 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 8 in Ribble Valley
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,727
Median age (est.)52
Density230per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above45%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 3%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 5%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 5%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 70% · No religion 20% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Wilpshire & Mellor is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #403 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 8 in Ribble Valley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (98) but weak on Housing & access (38). Typical homes here, about £305,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 167 sales), 8% above the wider Ribble Valley median of £283,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,020 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 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 · #238
Employment 93 · #457
Education 98 · #115
Health 92 · #553
Crime 96 · #272
Housing & access 38 · #4,255
Living environment 44 · #3,830

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=167
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,000167+8.9%+25.3%
Detached£385,00077+12.5%+14.1%
Semi-detached£284,00062+28.5%+32.1%
Terraced£225,00025+18.4%+18.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£305,000
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)£42,020±£5,893 · #2,845 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,879
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 232 offences
Ribble Valley41
North West82
England83

Rank #219 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences119
Theft25
Burglary11
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons9
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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