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PR6 9PY, Adlington & Rivington

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Adlington & Rivington, Chorley

Council
Chorley
Neighbourhood
Chorley 014B
Constituency
Chorley
Ward
Adlington & Anderton

At a glance

7 of 14 stand out from the national average: affluence, crime, air quality, green space, housing & households, schools, transport.

Where this is

Accuracy
Located to a building in this postcode
Coordinates
53.6153, -2.5985

Money

Affluence

Less deprived than most neighbourhoods in England.

Better off than 82 in 100 English neighbourhoods

Group 9 of 10.

Affluence profile

Compared with

  • 18 places in 100 higher than Chorley
  • 32 places in 100 higher than the England midpoint

Here 82 out of 100 · Chorley 64 out of 100 · England midpoint 50 out of 100

Income

Around the average household income for England.

£36,123

Higher than 32 in 100 wider neighbourhoods in England

Group 4 of 10.

Income profile

Compared with

  • About the same as the Chorley average
  • 12% below the England average

Here £36,123 · Chorley £36,282 · the average English neighbourhood £41,163

Work & education

Around the average share of residents in work for England.

56.3%

Higher than 45 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 5 of 10.

Highest qualification

  • Degree level35.4%
  • Apprenticeship / A-level26.2%
  • GCSE level / other23.2%
  • No qualifications15.1%

Occupation

  • Professional53.6%
  • Admin & trades21.5%
  • Care & service13.3%
  • Plant & elementary11.5%

Work

Compared with

  • 3.4 points below Chorley
  • 1.0 points below England

Here 56.3% · Chorley 59.7% · the average English neighbourhood 57.3%

Crime

Less recorded crime than most areas in England.

37.3 per 1,000 residents

Lower than 77 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 8 of 10.

Crime profile

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Compared with

  • About half the Chorley rate
  • 60% below the England rate

Here 37.3 per 1,000 residents · Chorley 82.0 per 1,000 · the average English neighbourhood 93.3 per 1,000

Environment

Flood risk

No properties here are in areas the Environment Agency assesses as at risk of river or sea flooding.

0 properties

Band 10 of 10.

Flood profile

Compared with

  • 100% below the Chorley figure
  • 100% below the England figure

Here 0 properties · Chorley 1.4 properties · the average English neighbourhood 2.7 properties

Air quality

Nitrogen dioxide here is close to the WHO's guideline level for negligible health risk.

9.0µg/m³

Band 9 of 10.

Air quality profile

Compared with

  • 7% above the Chorley figure
  • About the same as the England figure

Here 9.0µg/m³ · Chorley 8.37 · the average English neighbourhood 9.14

Road noise

Road noise here is around the WHO guideline of 53dB.

51 dB

Band 7 of 10.

Noise profile

Compared with

  • 5% below the Chorley figure

Here 51 dB · Chorley 54 dB

Green space

Right by a green space — a few minutes' walk at most.

0.2 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 34 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 10 of 10.

Nearest green space

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. St Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchReligious grounds0.2 miles
  2. Bowling green0.2 miles
  3. Play space0.2 miles

Water & sewage

The nearest monitored storm overflows — where the sewer network is permitted to discharge during heavy rain — with the number of spills and total hours the water company reported for 2024, and the nearest designated bathing waters with their latest annual classification. Straight-line distances. These are counts as reported, not a rating of this postcode: a spill happens at the overflow’s location and affects the water it discharges into, not every home nearby.

Nearest monitored storm overflows, 2024

  1. Harrison Road Wagon And Horse CSO34 spills · into River Tame0.6 miles
  2. Nr Harrisons Farm113 spills · into River Douglas0.7 miles
  3. Grimeford Lane Pumping Station15 spills · into Unnamed Tributary Of River Douglas0.8 miles

Nearest designated bathing waters

  1. SouthportClassified Sufficient at the last annual assessment17.8 miles
  2. River Ribble at Edisford BridgeClassified Poor at the last annual assessment19.0 miles

Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual Returns · Environment Agency

Open Government Licence v3.0 · Data from August 2026

House prices & ownership

House prices

Around the average house price for England.

£242,000

Higher than 37 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 4 of 10.

House prices profile

Compared with

  • 11% above the Chorley average
  • 16% below the England average

Here £242,000 · Chorley £218,000 · the average English neighbourhood £287,500

Housing & households

Among the highest shares of homeowners in England.

88.0%

Higher than 92 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 10 of 10.

Housing tenure

  • Owner-occupied88.0%
  • Private rented10.9%
  • Social rented1.1%

Household type

  • Living alone28.1%
  • Couples, no children21.0%
  • With children22.4%
  • Other households28.5%

Home size (bedrooms)

  • 1 bedroom2.1%
  • 2 bedrooms24.3%
  • 3 bedrooms46.3%
  • 4+ bedrooms27.2%

Cars and vans

  • No car11.4%
  • One car40.6%
  • Two or more cars48.0%

Compared with

  • 15.5 points above Chorley
  • 25.8 points above England

Here 88.0% · Chorley 72.5% · the average English neighbourhood 62.2%

Who lives here

Demographics

Around the average share of residents reporting good health for England.

81.3%

Higher than 43 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 5 of 10.

Age

  • Aged under 1513.9%
  • Aged 65+28.9%
  • Aged 15–6457.2%

Ethnic group

  • White99.0%
  • Asian0.2%
  • Black0.1%
  • Mixed0.7%
  • Other group0.1%

Country of birth

  • Born in UK97.9%
  • Born in Europe1.4%
  • Middle East & Asia0.2%
  • Born in Africa0.2%
  • Americas & Caribbean0.3%

Religion

  • Christian65.8%
  • No religion30.2%
  • Other religions0.5%
  • Not answered3.6%

Health & language

Compared with

  • About the same as Chorley
  • About the same as England

Here 81.3% · Chorley 81.8% · the average English neighbourhood 81.8%

Politics

How this postcode’s constituency voted at the general election on 4 July 2024. A constituency is a large area — around 70,000 voters — so this describes a much wider patch than the street. These are simply the votes as counted: nothing here is ranked, scored, or compared with anywhere else.

Constituency
Chorley
MP
Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Result
Spk hold

Vote share, 2024 general election

  • Other candidates86.3%
  • Green13.7%
Majority
20,575 votes
Turnout
45.4% of 74,801 electors

General election 2024 results by constituency (CBP-10009) · House of Commons Library

Open Parliament Licence v3.0 · Data from July 2024

Schools

Right by a school — a few minutes' walk at most.

0.1 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 88 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 10 of 10.

Nearest schools

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led · Primary0.1 miles
  2. Anderton Primary SchoolCommunity school · Primary0.2 miles
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AndertonVoluntary aided school · Primary0.2 miles

Transport

Right by a stop — a few minutes' walk at most.

0.1 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 42 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 10 of 10.

Nearest transport

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. LibraryBus stop0.1 miles
  2. LibraryBus stop0.1 miles
  3. Peel StreetBus stop0.1 miles

Broadband

Roughly half the premises here can get gigabit broadband.

67.9%

Band 7 of 10.

Broadband profile

Compared with

  • 19.2 points below Chorley
  • 16.5 points below England

Here 67.9% · Chorley 87.1% · the average English neighbourhood 84.4%

Nearby postcodes

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Sources & last updated

Every figure on this page comes from official published data. Nothing is modelled by us, estimated by us, or bought from a private provider.

DatasetPublished byGeographyData from
English Indices of Deprivation 2025OGL-3.0Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Governmentneighbourhood (LSOA)November 2025
Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial year ending 2023OGL-3.0Office for National Statisticswider neighbourhood (MSOA)April 2023
Census 2021 bulk topic-summary tablesOGL-3.0Office for National Statistics (via Nomis)neighbourhood (LSOA)March 2021
Street-level crime, outcomes and stop-and-search dataOGL-3.0Home Office (data.police.uk)neighbourhood (LSOA)June 2026
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (NaFRA2)OGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeJune 2026
UK-AIR modelled background pollution maps (NO2, PM2.5, PM10)OGL-3.0Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)postcodeDecember 2024
Strategic noise mapping Round 4 (road, rail, airport)OGL-3.0DefrapostcodeAugust 2026
OS Open GreenspaceOGL-3.0Ordnance SurveypostcodeAugust 2026
Price Paid DataOGL-3.0HM Land Registryneighbourhood (LSOA)August 2026
Get Information about Schools (GIAS) full establishment extractOGL-3.0Department for EducationpostcodeAugust 2026
National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN)OGL-3.0Department for TransportpostcodeAugust 2026
Connected Nations 2025 — fixed broadband & mobile coverageOGL-3.0OfcompostcodeJuly 2025
General election 2024 results by constituency (CBP-10009)Open Parliament LicenceHouse of Commons LibraryWestminster constituencyJuly 2024
Bathing Water QualityOGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeAugust 2026
Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual ReturnsOGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeAugust 2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial year ending 2023, Office for National Statistics.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Census 2021, Office for National Statistics.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Crime and outcome data, data.police.uk / Home Office.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Environment Agency.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK-AIR background pollution maps, Defra.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Strategic noise mapping Round 4, Defra.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get Information about Schools, Department for Education.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. NaPTAN, Department for Transport.

Contains information from Ofcom, Connected Nations 2025, © Ofcom, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. General election 2024 results, House of Commons Library.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Bathing Water Quality, Environment Agency.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual Returns, Environment Agency.

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