Normanby
Suburb · 1,494 residents
42Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 100% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Property market scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 17, below the typical 60
- Health scores 23, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Normanby a good place to live?
Normanby scores 42/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (80) and property market (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (17) and health (23).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Normanby in North East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Normanby
Normanby's streets are pebble-dashed semis and post-war terraces, the kind of place where front gardens are tidy rather than landscaped and the cars parked outside tend to be a few years old and well looked after. It reads as a settled, working suburb rather than a commuter dormitory — the median age here sits a good five years above the national figure, and that shows in the pace of the place more than in anything you could point to.
Housing is the clearest story. Semi-detached freeholds dominate the sales here, and with a median house price around £190,000 against a national average north of £280,000, a For Sale board on a Normanby street is advertising affordability more than anything else — even against the wider North East, prices sit close to flat over the year. That affordability comes with a lower income decile and an IMD ranking in the more deprived third of the country, so it's worth being clear-eyed about what "cheap" reflects here rather than treating it as a bargain. Overfields Primary, rated Good, serves the area, and Marton Rail Station gives you a station on the doorstep for anyone who needs to get into Middlesbrough or beyond without relying on the car — useful given the modest bus stop count.
Green space is limited rather than absent — a couple of named plots totalling under 13 hectares, roughly in line with the national average per head given the population, so there's somewhere to walk the dog but not much room to roam further. Day-to-day life here is local and functional: this isn't an area built around restaurants or a nightlife strip, and the grading reflects that quiet, low-key rhythm — evenings are more front-room than high-street. Health provision reads as solid rather than exceptional, matching the overall B grade across most categories.