Ormskirk Town & East

West Lancashire · North West · population 10,377 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,486 of 6,856 in England
  • #171 of 932 in North West
  • #5 of 15 in West Lancashire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,140
Median age (est.)25
Density3,160per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above26%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 43%25–44 14%45–64 17%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 17%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 37%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 13% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service13%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 38% · 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

Ormskirk Town & East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,486 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 15 in West Lancashire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (99) but weak on Living environment (34). Typical homes here sold for about £220,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 92 sales), 8% below the wider West Lancashire median of £240,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #91 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £30,529 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 79 · #1,458
Employment 85 · #1,013
Education 62 · #2,596
Health 54 · #3,186
Crime 61 · #2,651
Housing & access 99 · #80
Living environment 34 · #4,536

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +4.8% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,00092+4.8%+22.2%
Detached£377,50014-7.9%+13.5%
Semi-detached£227,00037-2.3%+21.9%
Terraced£197,50020+6.8%+14.5%
Flat£130,00021-8.8%+2.4%
This area£220,000
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)£30,529±£4,652 · #6,294 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,188
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 660 offences
West Lancashire50
North West82
England83

Rank #3,113 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences359
Theft124
Burglary12
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons57
Drugs16
Robbery13
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 253 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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