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BB3 postcode area · Blackburn with Darwen

The BB3 postcode district spans 9 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Blackburn with Darwen. Area Scores range from 6 to 85 across them. Every full BB3 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The BB3 district contains both ends of the scale: Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey at 86 out of 100 (#985 of 6,856 in England) against East Darwen at 7, a 79-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 2 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 5 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £123,475 in East Darwen to £350,000 in Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden — a 2.8× gap within the BB3 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£34,778a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime79per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)42
Owner-occupied68%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the BB3 district

£158,997median home sold over the past year · +27.2% over 5 years · +2.6% over the year · 566 sales
Detached£294,995
Semi-detached£189,225
Terraced£124,950
Flat£89,000
Blackburn with Darwen£165,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Beardwood, Pleasington & LiveseyBlackburn with Darwen 98586 £275,000
Tockholes, Edgworth & HoddlesdenBlackburn with Darwen 2,18568 £350,000
Ewood & FernhurstBlackburn with Darwen 2,58962 £187,000
South Darwen & WhitehallBlackburn with Darwen 3,57048 £185,000
North DarwenBlackburn with Darwen 5,83215 £145,000
Darwen TownBlackburn with Darwen 6,07811 £129,000
Queen's Park & Higher CroftBlackburn with Darwen 6,10611 £170,000
MeadowheadBlackburn with Darwen 6,2299 £150,000
East DarwenBlackburn with Darwen 6,3807 £123,475

People living in BB3 Census 2021

Residents68,033
Median age (est.)42
Density576per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 14%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 32% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around BB3.

BB0 BB2 BB1 BB5 PR6 BL7 PR2 BB4

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.