Orsmgill & Hindpool

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,682 · 5 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,373 of 6,856 in England
  • #792 of 932 in North West
  • #30 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,752
Median age (est.)39
Density1,175per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above17%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 32%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 15%Other: 10%
One person 42%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 15%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure14%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 44% · Muslim 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

Orsmgill & Hindpool is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,373 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (64) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here, about £122,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 83 sales), 48% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £26,923 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 168 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 12 · #6,044
Employment 5 · #6,510
Education 8 · #6,291
Health 2 · #6,743
Crime 21 · #5,427
Housing & access 64 · #2,500
Living environment 27 · #5,009

House prices ?

£122,000median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£122,00083+2.5%+43.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£165,00019+1.2%+20.4%
Terraced£105,00060+5.0%+31.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£122,000
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)£26,923±£3,867 · #6,760 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,101
Price-to-income ?4.5×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

168 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,119 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #6,025 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences478
Theft222
Burglary32
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson113
Public order & weapons173
Drugs54
Robbery8
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 109 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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