Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Town · 6,057 residents
59Good
Good · better than 2 in 10 towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 56% of residents live within five minutes of a park
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Saltburn-by-the-Sea a good place to live?
Saltburn-by-the-Sea scores 59/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (80).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Saltburn-by-the-Sea in North East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea has that end-of-the-line seaside look about it: Victorian terraces stacked up the cliff, a pier at the bottom, and a high street that feels built for people who've settled rather than passed through. The median age here is close to 54, well above the national average, and you feel that in the pace of the place — this is not a town oriented around nightlife or churn, it's oriented around staying put.
Housing tells the same story. A For Sale board on one of the terraced streets is the most likely sight, since terraces dominate the local market and freehold ownership is the norm — 42 of the 53 recent sales against just 11 leasehold. The median house price of £220,000 sits well below both the regional and national averages, and flats in particular go for notably less than the national median. Redcar and Cleveland as a whole is cheaper still, so Saltburn carries a premium over its own council area — you're paying for the coast, not the county. For schools, Huntcliff School (secondary) holds a Good Ofsted rating, though its progress-8 score of -0.11 suggests pupils there make slightly less academic progress than the national benchmark would predict — worth a conversation with the school directly rather than a red flag on its own. Saltburn Primary rounds out the local options. Trains run from Saltburn Rail Station itself, with Marske also on the line, so commuting to Middlesbrough or beyond is realistic without a car, even if this isn't a place many mile a daily London commute from.