Barrow Central

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,585 · 5 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,737 of 6,856 in England
  • #892 of 932 in North West
  • #31 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,413
Median age (est.)37
Density6,035per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above19%
No car or van54%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 17%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 15%Other: 9%
One person 50%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 15%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Skilled trades 16% · Caring & leisure 15%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure15%
Sales & customer service12%
Professional12%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors5%
Administrative5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Barrow Central is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,737 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #31 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Health (0). Typical homes here sold for about £83,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 85 sales), 64% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £23,831 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 279 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 8 · #6,284
Employment 2 · #6,709
Education 5 · #6,538
Health 0 · #6,819
Crime 2 · #6,723
Housing & access 92 · #581
Living environment 1 · #6,805

House prices ?

£83,500median (12m) · +11.3% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£83,50085+11.3%+10.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£83,00081+10.7%+16.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£83,500
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)£23,831±£3,436 · #6,843 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,663
Price-to-income ?3.5×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

279 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,837 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #6,336 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences926
Theft269
Burglary53
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson200
Public order & weapons218
Drugs98
Robbery14
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 141 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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