Audley
Blackburn with Darwen 007 · 5 sub-areas · 8,867 residents
Blackburn with Darwen 007 is a neighbourhood within Blackburn with Darwen, home to around 8,900 people. A typical two-bedroom let runs about £655 a month — well below the UK norm — and you can buy a typical home here for around £137,000. Rents rose roughly 7% over the past year, reflecting demand that's quietly building across the borough.
Audley is a commuter neighbourhood within Blackburn with Darwen — train into Manchester runs in around 60 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Overview
What's it like to live in Audley?
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £707 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Audley in Blackburn with Darwen
Living in Audley
This part of Blackburn with Darwen has a notably family-heavy character. Around three in ten households include a couple with children, and nearly a third of the population is under 18 — proportions that sit clearly above most urban English neighbourhoods. That shapes everything from the pace of the streets to the competition for school places.
Cost is the headline reason people move here. At around £655 a month for a two-bedroom home, you're paying roughly half the UK median for that size of property — and the deposit hurdle is low too, with a typical purchase price just under £137,000 translating to a deposit you can save in about two and a half years on local wages. The trade-off is that affordability comes with real deprivation: the area scores in the bottom decile nationally on the Index of Multiple Deprivation, so public services are under more pressure than in wealthier parts of the North West.
Owner-occupation is the dominant tenure here — just over half of homes are owned outright or with a mortgage — but social housing is a significant presence too, at around 27% of households. Private renting accounts for fewer than one in five, which is low by city standards and keeps turnover in the private market fairly thin. The population is meaningfully diverse, with around 37% of residents born outside the UK.
Practically, most people here drive: nearly six in ten commute by car, and public transport accounts for only a small fraction of journeys. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 925 metres away — around an 11-minute walk — and from there Manchester is about an hour by public transport. Broadband coverage is strong, with gigabit-capable connections available to all premises. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets within the neighbourhood.
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Frequently asked
- Is Blackburn with Darwen 007 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're prioritising. If affordability and a strong family community matter most, it delivers — rents are low, homes are cheap to buy, and the area has a settled, residential feel. The trade-off is real deprivation, with the neighbourhood ranking in the bottom national decile on multiple measures, and school quality within catchment is well below the national norm.
- What is the rent in Blackburn with Darwen 007?
- A two-bedroom home runs about £655 a month, a one-bedroom around £529, and a three-bedroom roughly £773. These are estimates based on borough-level data scaled using local sale prices. Rents rose around 7% in the past year, so they're moving — though they remain among the lowest in England.
- Is Blackburn with Darwen 007 safe?
- Crime runs at around 96.5 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is above the UK national rate of roughly 80 per 1,000. The area's high deprivation score is a strong driver of that figure. It's not an outlier among similarly deprived northern neighbourhoods, but it's a factor worth weighing — and conditions can vary street by street.
- What's the commute from Blackburn with Darwen 007 to Manchester?
- By public transport, Manchester is about an hour away. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 925 metres from the neighbourhood — around an 11-minute walk. Most residents drive rather than use public transport, so journey times by car will differ depending on traffic and route.
- Who lives in Blackburn with Darwen 007?
- Predominantly young families — nearly a third of residents are under 18, and coupled households with children are the single largest household type. Just over half of homes are owner-occupied. Around 37% of residents were born outside the UK, giving the neighbourhood a diverse character. Degree-level qualifications are below average at around 19% of residents.
- What schools are near Blackburn with Darwen 007?
- There are 135 schools within 2 km, so access isn't the issue — quality is. Only around 29% of nearby schools are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, well below the national average of approximately 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 1,535 metres away. Check individual school inspection reports on the Ofsted website before relying on proximity alone.
- Is it cheap to buy a home in Blackburn with Darwen 007?
- Yes — the median sale price is just under £137,000, which is very low by national standards. On a local median salary, you can typically save a deposit in around two and a half years. That makes it one of the more accessible areas for first-time buyers in the North West, though the low prices reflect the area's wider deprivation challenges.