Appleton

Warrington · North West · population 5,855 · 4 LSOAs

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

100Area Score / 100 ?
  • #25 of 6,856 in England
  • #4 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 25 in Warrington
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,814
Median age (est.)53
Density915per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above53%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 14%45–64 34%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 60%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 1%Private rent: 4%
Own outright 60%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 1%Private rent 4%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 4%Other: 24%
One person 19%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 4%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 26% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors26%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 28% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Appleton is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #25 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 25 in Warrington. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (100) and lowest on Housing & access (55). Typical homes here sold for about £565,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 95 sales) — roughly 2.2× the wider Warrington median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,817 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 19 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 100 · #1
Employment 99 · #94
Education 100 · #32
Health 91 · #588
Crime 98 · #128
Housing & access 55 · #3,103
Living environment 96 · #252

House prices ?

£565,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£565,00095+2.7%+20.1%
Detached£625,00068+7.8%+28.4%
Semi-detached£430,00017-5.5%+4.9%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£250,0008+16.3%
This area£565,000
Warrington£255,000
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)£47,817±£6,922 · #1,476 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,989
Price-to-income ?11.8×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

19 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 109 offences
Warrington69
North West82
England83

Rank #14 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences54
Theft10
Burglary10
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson7
Public order & weapons12
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 16 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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