North West
35 local authorities. Average Area Score shown per authority.
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#8 of 9 regions · 932 neighbourhoods · 7,515,718 residents
deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Central Blackpool (0) to Bramhall West (100); 22% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
There is a sharp split within the North West: Bramhall West scores 100 out of 100 (#1 of 6,856 nationally) while South Promenade & Seasiders Way sits at 0 — neighbours on the map, 100 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 259 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 441 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £75,500 in Nelson Bradley to £705,000 in Prestbury & Adlington — a 9.3× gap within the North West. (1 neighbourhood had too few sales to report reliably.)
Living here
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 North West
| Local authority | Areas | Avg score |
|---|---|---|
| Ribble Valley | 8 | 81 |
| Cheshire East | 52 | 68 |
| South Ribble | 17 | 68 |
| Trafford | 28 | 66 |
| Warrington | 25 | 62 |
| Chorley | 14 | 61 |
| Fylde | 9 | 61 |
| West Lancashire | 15 | 60 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 47 | 59 |
| Stockport | 42 | 59 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 31 | 58 |
| Wyre | 14 | 53 |
| Lancaster | 18 | 48 |
| Sefton | 38 | 46 |
| Wirral | 42 | 44 |
| Bury | 26 | 43 |
| Cumberland | 33 | 42 |
| Wigan | 40 | 41 |
| Preston | 17 | 38 |
| Halton | 16 | 36 |
| Rossendale | 8 | 34 |
| St. Helens | 24 | 34 |
| Bolton | 35 | 32 |
| Tameside | 30 | 30 |
| Salford | 34 | 28 |
| Knowsley | 20 | 25 |
| Rochdale | 25 | 25 |
| Liverpool | 61 | 25 |
| Pendle | 12 | 24 |
| Oldham | 34 | 24 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 18 | 23 |
| Burnley | 12 | 21 |
| Hyndburn | 9 | 19 |
| Manchester | 59 | 19 |
| Blackpool | 19 | 17 |
Neighbourhood rankings in North West
Highest Area Scores
score /100
| Bramhall West | 100 |
| Fulshaw Park & Lindow | 100 |
| Timperley North | 100 |
| Appleton | 100 |
| Gayton & Lower Heswall | 100 |
Lowest recorded crime
per 1,000 residents (12m)
| Hightown, Mossley & Timbersbrook | 13 |
| Aughton | 18 |
| Appleton | 19 |
| Bromborough South | 19 |
| Penwortham North | 19 |
Highest household income
net income a year (est.)
| Castlefield & Deansgate | £53,377 |
| Hale | £52,936 |
| Pier Head | £50,733 |
| Bramhall South & Woodford | £50,326 |
| Prestbury & Adlington | £50,297 |
Most affordable
price ÷ net income
| Central Burnley & Daneshouse | 2.7× |
| Nelson Bradley | 2.8× |
| Central & Islington | 3.0× |
| Accrington West | 3.1× |
| Nelson East | 3.2× |
Recorded crime, not convictions; income is a model-based ONS estimate. National rankings of every local authority →
People living in North West Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 11%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 19% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 11% |
| Elementary | 11% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 8% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 53% · No religion 33% · Muslim 8%
Born outside the UK: 12%
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
Regions bordering North West.