Kendal Town & Greenside

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 8,400 · 4 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,851 of 6,856 in England
  • #411 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,324
Median age (est.)43
Density2,923per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 22%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 40%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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 Town & Greenside is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,851 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (68) and lowest on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 129 sales), 11% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,317 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,551 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 124 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 41 · #4,049
Employment 40 · #4,097
Education 42 · #3,953
Health 41 · #4,063
Crime 28 · #4,941
Housing & access 68 · #2,164
Living environment 41 · #4,063

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000129-8.7%+13.5%
Detached£582,50014+9.4%+76.5%
Semi-detached£243,75022+1.6%+16.1%
Terraced£237,75046+3.4%+27.1%
Flat£130,00047-12.5%+12.8%
This area£210,000
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)£33,551±£4,708 · #5,482 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,223
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

124 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,046 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #5,551 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences520
Theft182
Burglary22
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson99
Public order & weapons126
Drugs57
Robbery5
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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