Orford

Warrington · North West · population 9,201 · 6 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,160 of 6,856 in England
  • #574 of 932 in North West
  • #21 of 25 in Warrington
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,210
Median age (est.)40
Density4,998per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 20%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 11% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional11%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Orford is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,160 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 25 in Warrington. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here, about £175,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 113 sales), 31% below the wider Warrington median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,023 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 94 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 30 · #4,810
Employment 24 · #5,194
Education 27 · #5,009
Health 19 · #5,530
Crime 20 · #5,462
Housing & access 88 · #855
Living environment 15 · #5,811

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +7.4% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,000113+7.4%+38.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£205,00039+7.9%+28.1%
Terraced£171,00062+13.2%+45.5%
Flat£115,00011+2.7%
This area£175,000
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)£32,023±£4,493 · #5,947 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,911
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

94 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 861 offences
Warrington69
North West82
England83

Rank #4,688 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences500
Theft66
Burglary18
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons101
Drugs32
Robbery6
Other28

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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