Lymm

Warrington · North West · population 12,881 · 7 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #492 of 6,856 in England
  • #54 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 25 in Warrington
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,661
Median age (est.)46
Density751per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above49%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional14%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Lymm is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 25 in Warrington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (98) but weak on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £355,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 195 sales), 39% above the wider Warrington median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,419 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 92 · #546
Employment 88 · #848
Education 98 · #121
Health 87 · #862
Crime 70 · #2,055
Housing & access 43 · #3,912
Living environment 66 · #2,356

House prices ?

£355,000median (12m) · -9.4% yr · n=195
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£355,000195-9.4%+9.2%
Detached£589,44454-7.1%+12.3%
Semi-detached£355,00071-4.7%+18.3%
Terraced£322,50042+0.8%+9.8%
Flat£169,75028-8.2%+0.4%
This area£355,000
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)£45,419±£6,403 · #1,978 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,928
Price-to-income ?7.8×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 458 offences
Warrington69
North West82
England83

Rank #864 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft85
Burglary25
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons62
Drugs17
Robbery5
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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