Bamber Bridge West

South Ribble · North West · population 5,444 · 4 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,022 of 6,856 in England
  • #426 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 17 in South Ribble
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,460
Median age (est.)45
Density3,712per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 13%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 38%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Bamber Bridge West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,022 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 17 in South Ribble. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Education (30). Typical homes here sold for about £176,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 84 sales), 20% below the wider South Ribble median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,115 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,736 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 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 41 · #4,070
Employment 36 · #4,351
Education 30 · #4,824
Health 31 · #4,755
Crime 42 · #3,960
Housing & access 97 · #176
Living environment 45 · #3,768

House prices ?

£176,500median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£176,50084-1.9%+21.7%
Detached£292,5008+16.0%+36.0%
Semi-detached£188,00038+1.6%+20.9%
Terraced£145,00027+11.5%+33.6%
Flat£107,50011-5.3%+16.2%
This area£176,500
South Ribble£220,000
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)£31,736±£4,540 · #6,021 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,916
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 504 offences
South Ribble59
North West82
England83

Rank #4,656 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences235
Theft105
Burglary18
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons43
Drugs8
Robbery4
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 179 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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