Thornton East & Carleton West

Wyre · North West · population 9,070 · 6 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #965 of 6,856 in England
  • #121 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 14 in Wyre
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,796
Median age (est.)53
Density1,560per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 2%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Administrative 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Administrative15%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 62% · No religion 32% · Buddhist 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

Thornton East & Carleton West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #965 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 14 in Wyre. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (88) and lowest on Health (45). Typical homes here sold for about £225,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 153 sales), 13% above the wider Wyre median of £199,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #49 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £34,028 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 84 · #1,115
Employment 70 · #2,082
Education 88 · #841
Health 45 · #3,761
Crime 87 · #889
Housing & access 76 · #1,616
Living environment 80 · #1,335

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +18.4% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000153+18.4%+18.4%
Detached£295,00059+6.8%+6.9%
Semi-detached£194,00086+7.8%+32.4%
Terraced£140,00070.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£225,000
Wyre£199,000
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)£34,028±£4,870 · #5,332 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,171
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 314 offences
Wyre62
North West82
England83

Rank #781 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences158
Theft36
Burglary12
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons25
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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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