Ragworth
Suburb · 745 residents
35Modest
Modest · 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
- Affordability scores 74, well above the typical 60
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- Road noise reaches 53% of the area
- Health scores 13, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Ragworth
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Is Ragworth a good place to live?
Ragworth scores 35/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as modest — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (74).
It scores lowest on health (13) and food & drink (18).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Ragworth in North East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Ragworth
Ragworth is rows of tight semi-detached streets, corner shops rather than cafés, and a housing stock that has clearly been lived in by the same kind of household for generations. It doesn't dress itself up for visitors, and it isn't trying to.
The numbers on housing tell the plainest story here. A typical semi sells for around £112,750 against a national figure well over double that, and freehold ownership dominates almost completely — 44 of the 46 recent sales were freehold, nearly all of them semi-detached. A For Sale board on one of these streets is advertising a starter home or a downsizer's house, not a renovation project for someone chasing space. Against the wider Stockton-on-Tees area, prices here sit over a third lower, which tells you Ragworth is the more affordable end of an already affordable authority — the affordability grade reflects that squarely. Connectivity is solid too: full fibre reaches over half of homes, and with 22 transport stops serving a population of just over three thousand, getting around by bus is straightforward even if the transport grade doesn't lean on any single named rail link.
Schooling is where the picture needs a careful look. St John the Baptist Church of England Primary carries a Good rating, but the area is served by only one school in the immediate data, and the average Ofsted score sits right at the national average rather than above it — this is a place where a family checks the catchment carefully rather than assuming quality. The median age of 38.7, a touch younger than the regional 42.6, suggests some families and working-age households are still here, but this isn't obviously the settled family enclave the housing stock might imply at first glance.