Kendal East & Whinfell

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 7,742 · 4 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,054 of 6,856 in England
  • #132 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,651
Median age (est.)52
Density39per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%

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 56% · No religion 37% · Buddhist 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

Kendal East & Whinfell is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,054 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £292,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 98 sales), 24% above the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,419 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 · #272
Employment 94 · #409
Education 82 · #1,205
Health 90 · #684
Crime 92 · #519
Housing & access 27 · #4,975
Living environment 31 · #4,755

House prices ?

£292,500median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£292,50098+4.5%+9.6%
Detached£370,00029-10.0%+15.4%
Semi-detached£289,75038+7.2%+16.4%
Terraced£250,00019+4.2%+23.5%
Flat£144,00012-9.1%+18.3%
This area£292,500
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)£34,419±£4,890 · #5,211 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,225
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 242 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #499 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences116
Theft34
Burglary14
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons21
Drugs20
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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