Bickerstaffe & Newburgh

West Lancashire · North West · population 6,965 · 3 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #978 of 6,856 in England
  • #123 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 15 in West Lancashire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,798
Median age (est.)43
Density104per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above32%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 26%25–44 15%45–64 25%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 4%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · Hindu 0%

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

Bickerstaffe & Newburgh is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #978 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 15 in West Lancashire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £290,995 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 89 sales), 21% above the wider West Lancashire median of £240,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,244 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 23 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 96 · #300
Employment 95 · #348
Education 78 · #1,492
Health 79 · #1,438
Crime 99 · #60
Housing & access 37 · #4,303
Living environment 21 · #5,393

House prices ?

£290,995median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,99589-1.3%+0.9%
Detached£358,72530-0.3%+19.6%
Semi-detached£254,95041+2.0%+17.8%
Terraced£221,75014+10.3%+34.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£290,995
West Lancashire£240,000
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)£37,244±£5,261 · #4,292 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,443
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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

23 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 163 offences
West Lancashire50
North West82
England83

Rank #104 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences66
Theft17
Burglary27
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons7
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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