Thornaby South

Stockton-on-Tees · North East · population 5,136 · 4 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,407 of 6,856 in England
  • #295 of 342 in North East
  • #22 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,042
Median age (est.)44
Density1,596per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above17%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 25%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 34%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 16%Other: 14%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 16%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Professional10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

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

Thornaby South is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,407 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Employment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £135,700 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 39 sales), 22% below the wider Stockton-on-Tees median of £174,998. Typical household take-home income is around £28,533 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 184 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 8 · #6,318
Employment 2 · #6,682
Education 8 · #6,291
Health 4 · #6,613
Crime 14 · #5,866
Housing & access 80 · #1,376
Living environment 63 · #2,514

House prices ?

£135,700median (12m) · -4.4% yr · n=39
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£135,70039-4.4%+19.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£143,00027-11.7%+22.7%
Terraced£85,5006+6.9%+20.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£135,700
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)£28,533±£4,109 · #6,623 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,264
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

184 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 946 offences
Stockton-on-Tees115
North East97
England83

Rank #6,123 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences340
Theft227
Burglary27
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson172
Public order & weapons88
Drugs26
Robbery16
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 249 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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