Billingham Central

Stockton-on-Tees · North East · population 9,344 · 6 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,263 of 6,856 in England
  • #186 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,328
Median age (est.)43
Density4,428per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above23%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 17%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 43% · Muslim 0%

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

Billingham Central is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,263 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 117 sales), 20% below the wider Stockton-on-Tees median of £174,998. Typical household take-home income is around £34,661 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,064
Employment 17 · #5,715
Education 29 · #4,879
Health 10 · #6,168
Crime 22 · #5,379
Housing & access 89 · #752
Living environment 70 · #2,048

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,000117+8.1%+23.1%
Detached£145,0007-34.1%
Semi-detached£149,70080+0.8%+24.3%
Terraced£120,00028+10.1%+26.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£140,000
Stockton-on-Tees£174,998
North East£171,000
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)£34,661±£4,985 · #5,134 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,322
Price-to-income ?4.0×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 916 offences
Stockton-on-Tees115
North East97
England83

Rank #4,875 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences381
Theft149
Burglary69
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson110
Public order & weapons89
Drugs30
Robbery13
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 215 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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