Dalton South

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 5,818 · 4 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,199 of 6,856 in England
  • #353 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,729
Median age (est.)47
Density969per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above26%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional15%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Dalton South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,199 of 6,856 in England, and #18 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (77) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £168,725 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 98 sales), 28% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #356 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,310 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 67 · #2,253
Employment 52 · #3,295
Education 43 · #3,885
Health 34 · #4,543
Crime 77 · #1,602
Housing & access 67 · #2,233
Living environment 20 · #5,516

House prices ?

£168,725median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£168,72598+0.7%+8.9%
Detached£260,0007-16.1%-9.6%
Semi-detached£220,000430.0%+32.1%
Terraced£147,50047+18.0%+36.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£168,725
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)£32,310±£4,619 · #5,874 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,838
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 297 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #2,199 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences152
Theft33
Burglary7
Vehicle crime2
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons40
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other14

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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