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8,012 residents make their home in this town in Northumberland, North East.
With a B− overall, Seaton Delaval is better than 53% of UK towns and ranks #9 of 20 in Northumberland. Its strongest subject is cost of living — the median home sold for £170,000, 3.6 years of area income. Health lags (C−): men here can expect to live to 79.1, women to 82.5. The local economy is weaker than most: the mean household earns £43,882 a year.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Seaton Delaval does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Seaton Delaval is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Seaton Delaval’s built-up area.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seaton Delaval.
Social housing holds just over a fifth of households, above both Northumberland’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). The £170,000 median rests on 324 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £695 a month across the Northumberland council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £320,000 | 56 |
| Semi-detached | £187,500 | 145 |
| Terraced | £143,500 | 66 |
| Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | 57 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Attainment 8 at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km averages 48.9, and 48% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Of its 4 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Seaton Delaval’s two primaries and two secondaries have 1,308 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holywell Village First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 161 | – |
| Seaton Valley High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 656 | C− |
Just over a fifth of residents in Seaton Delaval live with a disability. At the census, 77% of people in Seaton Delaval called their health good or very good, near Northumberland’s towns (78%) and lower than England’s towns (82%). One GP practice serves the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Seaton Delaval | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Seaton Delaval counts 12 listed buildings, lower than both Northumberland’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39). Conservation areas cover 3% of the town’s land, between Northumberland’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Of all the crimes, 39% were violence and sexual offences. Reported offences in Seaton Delaval came to 480 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 241. Violent crime ran at 30 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Northumberland’s towns (24.8) and England’s towns (22). For its size, Seaton Delaval records more crime per resident than 73% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.5. Just over a fifth of commuters travelled under 5 km, below both Northumberland’s towns (34%) and England’s towns (45%). At the census, 84% of commuters went by car. Of the commuters living in Seaton Delaval, 6% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
23% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Northumberland’s towns (25%) yet higher than England’s towns (18%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.6% of residents. The age that splits Seaton Delaval in two is 46.5. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Seaton Delaval | Northumberland | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 9.4% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.6% | 7.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northumberland and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Seaton Delaval. Best known first.
Theme parkSpanish City3.9 km outside town, to the southeastHistoric houseHistoric house · National TrustSeaton Delaval Hall1.7 km outside town, to the northeastArt galleryArt galleryLinks Art Gallery3.4 km outside town, to the southeastFortFortFort on Blyth Links3.6 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
10 listed buildings in Seaton Delaval.
Holywell Manor House: Photo: Geoff Holland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Seaton Delaval War Memorial: Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaton Delaval | 8,012 | — | B− | A− | C | C− |
| New Hartley | 1,764 | 0.9 | — | B | B− | C |
| Seghill | 2,799 | 1.2 | C | A− | C− | D |
| Seaton Sluice | 2,957 | 2 | B− | B− | B | C |
| Backworth | 4,483 | 2.4 | C+ | C+ | C− | C− |
| Cramlington | 28,846 | 2.5 | B− | A− | C | C |
| Shiremoor | 6,965 | 2.5 | B+ | A− | C | C− |
| Dudley | 4,799 | 2.7 | C+ | A | C− | D |
New Hartley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Seaton Delaval is £2,639 for 2026–27, more than in 91% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £170,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £80,000, terraced houses £143,500, semi-detached houses £187,500 and detached houses £320,000.
Town in Northumberland, England
Seaton Delaval is a built-up area of 8,012 people, in the Northumberland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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