Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 10,367 · 7 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,453 of 6,856 in England
  • #378 of 932 in North West
  • #22 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,216
Median age (est.)52
Density22per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 8%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,453 of 6,856 in England, and #22 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £232,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 153 sales), in line with the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,211 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,914 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 83 · #1,184
Employment 81 · #1,273
Education 49 · #3,515
Health 88 · #848
Crime 87 · #910
Housing & access 2 · #6,743
Living environment 8 · #6,339

House prices ?

£232,000median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£232,000153-1.3%+16.0%
Detached£375,00050+21.0%+40.9%
Semi-detached£210,00051-4.5%+17.5%
Terraced£202,00041+12.2%+29.6%
Flat£95,00011-17.4%-15.6%
This area£232,000
Westmorland and Furness£235,000
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)£32,914±£4,665 · #5,706 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,607
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 479 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #1,798 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences214
Theft53
Burglary16
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons58
Drugs66
Robbery0
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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