Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,353 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,650 of 6,856 in England
  • #192 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,330
Median age (est.)52
Density22per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 12%25–44 14%45–64 29%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 10%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades19%
Managers & directors18%
Elementary10%
Associate professional9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,650 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 71 sales), 34% above the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,023 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 92 · #533
Employment 89 · #732
Education 77 · #1,582
Health 94 · #416
Crime 97 · #224
Housing & access 18 · #5,592
Living environment 12 · #6,037

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,00071-1.6%+13.0%
Detached£548,20019+18.3%+19.2%
Semi-detached£350,00017+17.6%+42.6%
Terraced£250,00021-16.7%+13.6%
Flat£172,50014-13.8%+10.6%
This area£315,000
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)£37,023±£5,251 · #4,354 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,877
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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 249 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #1,188 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences132
Theft35
Burglary17
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons29
Drugs8
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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