Thornley & Wheatley Hill

County Durham · North East · population 7,318 · 5 LSOAs

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

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In summary

Thornley & Wheatley Hill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,024 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #48 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (70) but weak on Health (5). Typical homes here sold for about £120,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 95 sales), 17% below the wider County Durham median of £144,000.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,688
Employment 8 · #6,298
Education 18 · #5,585
Health 5 · #6,538
Crime 8 · #6,277
Housing & access 45 · #3,741
Living environment 70 · #2,061

House prices ?

£120,000median (12m) · +37.9% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£120,00095+37.9%+20.6%
Detached£184,00032+3.7%+3.7%
Semi-detached£112,00035+31.8%+76.4%
Terraced£75,55028+18.0%+39.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£120,000
County Durham£144,000
North East£171,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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