Walney Island North

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,711 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,193 of 6,856 in England
  • #448 of 932 in North West
  • #27 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,683
Median age (est.)46
Density1,084per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above22%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 17% · Professional 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades17%
Professional16%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

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 53% · No religion 40% · Buddhist 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

Walney Island North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,193 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (52) and lowest on Health (20). Typical homes here sold for about £150,750 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 104 sales), 36% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,097 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £29,972 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 52 · #3,302
Employment 36 · #4,420
Education 42 · #3,974
Health 20 · #5,489
Crime 52 · #3,309
Housing & access 39 · #4,166
Living environment 31 · #4,707

House prices ?

£150,750median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,750104+1.2%+24.6%
Detached£265,00012-5.4%+8.6%
Semi-detached£189,95027+4.7%+35.7%
Terraced£134,50062-0.4%+31.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£150,750
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)£29,972±£4,343 · #6,404 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,608
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 338 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #2,156 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences200
Theft19
Burglary11
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons44
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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