Hesket, Lazonby & Skelton

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,264 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,822 of 6,856 in England
  • #318 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,251
Median age (est.)52
Density28per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 5%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 19% · Professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades19%
Professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional10%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 34% · 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

Hesket, Lazonby & Skelton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,822 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here, about £355,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 79 sales), 51% above the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,350 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 93 · #451
Employment 93 · #478
Education 78 · #1,527
Health 93 · #492
Crime 98 · #115
Housing & access 2 · #6,730
Living environment 2 · #6,682

House prices ?

£355,000median (12m) · +36.5% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£355,00079+36.5%+31.5%
Detached£415,00043+15.3%+31.7%
Semi-detached£265,00023+3.9%+44.0%
Terraced£190,00013+16.2%+42.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£355,000
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)£36,350±£5,129 · #4,580 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,959
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 205 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #625 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences97
Theft11
Burglary7
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons19
Drugs35
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 9 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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