Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington

West Lancashire · North West · population 6,541 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #690 of 6,856 in England
  • #89 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 15 in West Lancashire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,505
Median age (est.)52
Density206per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above44%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 4%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

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 70% · No religion 25% · 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

Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #690 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 15 in West Lancashire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Living environment (35). Typical homes here, about £340,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 66 sales), 42% above the wider West Lancashire median of £240,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,678 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 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 · #279
Employment 88 · #814
Education 94 · #403
Health 73 · #1,863
Crime 92 · #512
Housing & access 40 · #4,084
Living environment 35 · #4,440

House prices ?

£340,000median (12m) · +4.6% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£340,00066+4.6%+32.8%
Detached£490,00028-4.4%+13.7%
Semi-detached£270,00028+17.4%+38.5%
Terraced£199,9959-12.7%+29.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£340,000
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)£42,678±£5,989 · #2,660 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,192
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 168 offences
West Lancashire50
North West82
England83

Rank #199 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences70
Theft24
Burglary19
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons11
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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