Fairfield

Stockton-on-Tees · North East · population 7,514 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,609 of 6,856 in England
  • #49 of 342 in North East
  • #9 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,454
Median age (est.)51
Density2,038per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above30%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 5%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 32% · 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

Fairfield is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,609 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (94) and lowest on Health (40). Typical homes here sold for about £187,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 156 sales), 7% above the wider Stockton-on-Tees median of £174,998. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #36 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £38,444 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 72 · #1,904
Employment 63 · #2,562
Education 70 · #2,027
Health 40 · #4,111
Crime 77 · #1,547
Housing & access 66 · #2,349
Living environment 94 · #375

House prices ?

£187,000median (12m) · -0.3% yr · n=156
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£187,000156-0.3%+23.2%
Detached£265,99546+9.0%+23.7%
Semi-detached£175,00097+2.3%+16.7%
Terraced£174,13611+6.8%+75.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£187,000
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)£38,444±£5,503 · #3,883 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,948
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 347 offences
Stockton-on-Tees115
North East97
England83

Rank #1,792 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences177
Theft56
Burglary16
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons20
Drugs9
Robbery5
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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