Waterfoot & Stacksteads

Rossendale · North West · population 12,444 · 9 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,763 of 6,856 in England
  • #662 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 8 in Rossendale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,377
Median age (est.)43
Density808per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above26%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%

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 48% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Waterfoot & Stacksteads is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,763 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 8 in Rossendale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (27) and lowest on Living environment (10). Typical homes here, about £166,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 46% in five years (from 182 sales), 13% below the wider Rossendale median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,008 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,304
Employment 16 · #5,763
Education 27 · #5,016
Health 14 · #5,873
Crime 24 · #5,215
Housing & access 21 · #5,407
Living environment 10 · #6,133

House prices ?

£166,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£166,000182+8.9%+45.6%
Detached£360,00021+20.0%+38.5%
Semi-detached£180,00045+4.3%+27.7%
Terraced£148,100112+10.9%+57.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£166,000
Rossendale£190,000
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)£30,008±£4,223 · #6,393 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,263
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 952 offences
Rossendale69
North West82
England83

Rank #3,906 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences526
Theft107
Burglary52
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson121
Public order & weapons59
Drugs20
Robbery5
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 375 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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