Walney Island South & Barrow Island

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 6,041 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,366 of 6,856 in England
  • #605 of 932 in North West
  • #28 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,047
Median age (est.)45
Density609per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above22%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 7%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 17% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades17%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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 South & Barrow Island is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,366 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (61) and lowest on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £110,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 79 sales), 53% below the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,981 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,132
Employment 18 · #5,626
Education 32 · #4,659
Health 8 · #6,277
Crime 50 · #3,460
Housing & access 61 · #2,665
Living environment 6 · #6,407

House prices ?

£110,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£110,00079-8.7%+15.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£182,50022-0.3%+1.4%
Terraced£97,00051-9.8%+16.9%
Flat£65,0005
This area£110,000
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)£28,981±£4,439 · #6,567 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,648
Price-to-income ?3.8×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 520 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #4,380 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences275
Theft69
Burglary15
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons74
Drugs24
Robbery5
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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