Norton High Street

Stockton-on-Tees · North East · population 5,941 · 4 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,872 of 6,856 in England
  • #157 of 342 in North East
  • #14 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,017
Median age (est.)46
Density3,314per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 11%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 39%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Norton High Street is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,872 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Health (16). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 96 sales), 20% below the wider Stockton-on-Tees median of £174,998. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,005 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,258 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 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 35 · #4,468
Employment 25 · #5,146
Education 43 · #3,919
Health 16 · #5,784
Crime 20 · #5,516
Housing & access 92 · #519
Living environment 24 · #5,201

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00096+5.3%+21.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£153,00055+10.1%+31.3%
Terraced£140,00027+14.8%+21.7%
Flat£65,25012+3.6%+3.2%
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)£35,258±£5,022 · #4,948 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,204
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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 511 offences
Stockton-on-Tees115
North East97
England83

Rank #4,374 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences243
Theft81
Burglary26
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons50
Drugs16
Robbery6
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 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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