Thornton West

Wyre · North West · population 9,498 · 5 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,864 of 6,856 in England
  • #413 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 14 in Wyre
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,343
Median age (est.)43
Density2,322per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Administrative 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Administrative13%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

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 54% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

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 West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,864 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Wyre. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Health (24). Typical homes here sold for about £158,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 182 sales), 21% below the wider Wyre median of £199,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #814 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,375 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 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 36 · #4,365
Employment 38 · #4,282
Education 50 · #3,412
Health 24 · #5,208
Crime 44 · #3,830
Housing & access 80 · #1,349
Living environment 51 · #3,357

House prices ?

£158,000median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£158,000182+0.9%+23.4%
Detached£251,00023-1.6%+18.1%
Semi-detached£165,000980.0%+27.9%
Terraced£145,00042+9.8%+49.5%
Flat£92,00019+5.2%+34.8%
This area£158,000
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)£32,375±£4,510 · #5,857 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,204
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 677 offences
Wyre62
North West82
England83

Rank #3,624 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences361
Theft87
Burglary23
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons43
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 214 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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