The postcode area is located in the Blackburn with Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen postcode town, in the North West, England region.
The BB3 postcode area, more commonly known as the Blackburn postcode area, is located within Lancashire, North West England. This region incorporates a significant part of Blackburn with Darwen along with the surrounding areas featuring various residential, industrial, and rural landscapes. The area is encompassed by beautiful English countryside, with both the West Pennine Moors and Ribble Valley being near, offering multifaceted geographical features such as rivers, woodlands, and hills.
A multitude of amenities can be found within the BB3 area. It boasts a range of supermarkets, shops, health facilities like hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies, and also holds several well-regarded educational institutions, including both public and private schools. Darwen Library Theatre, art galleries, parks, and recreational facilities contribute to the thriving culture and lifestyle within the area.
The BB3 postcode area benefits from excellent transportation links. Blackburn railway station provides regional train services, connecting locals to nearby cities, such as Manchester and Preston. It is also well-served by the M65 motorway and numerous A-roads, making travel by car convenient in and around town. The comprehensive public bus network offers connections to the wider region for those preferring the use of public transportation.
Finally, the Darwen area is steeped in industrial history, shaped by the cotton spinning and weaving industry, which adds to the rich character and community spirit of the BB3 postcode area.
The postcode area covers Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Darwen East, Darwen South, Darwen West, West Pennine electoral wards.
The population of BB3 postcode area is 34,448. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the area is White: English, with a total of 31,240, followed by Pakistani, with a total of 1,023. In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (18,788), followed by No religion (12,186).
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (8,038), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (5,467).
Most people in the nearby area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (12,273), while 6,726 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 7,803 adults have Level 4 education, while 5,014 have Level 3 education. The most common occupations are
The average age of people living in area is 41 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (9479), Between 45 to 54 (7621), and Between 55 to 64 (7066).
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (5,369) followed by Routine occupations (4,145), and Intermediate occupations (3,783).
There are total 5 postcode sectors present in the BB3 (listed below). The postcode BB3 has a total of 1188 postcodes.
Name | Type |
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Area | BB3 |
Ward | Blackburn South & Lower Darwen Darwen East Darwen South Darwen West West Pennine |
LTLA22 | Blackburn with Darwen |
UTLA22 | Blackburn with Darwen |
Region | North West |
Country | England |
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House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £395,000.00 | £395,000.00 - £395,000.00 | 1 |
Semi-Detached | £177,500.00 | £155,000.00 - £200,000.00 | 2 |
Terraced | £126,991.67 | £100,000.00 - £189,950.00 | 6 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Other | £175,000.00 | £175,000.00 - £175,000.00 | 1 |
Terraced | £81,500.00 | £62,000.00 - £180,000.00 | 5 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £315,000.00 | £315,000.00 - £315,000.00 | 1 |
Flat | £69,000.00 | £69,000.00 - £69,000.00 | 1 |
Other | £300,000.00 | £300,000.00 - £300,000.00 | 1 |
Terraced | £141,408.62 | £69,000.00 - £285,000.00 | 10 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £275,000.00 | £185,000.00 - £325,000.00 | 3 |
Flat | £84,687.50 | £72,500.00 - £90,000.00 | 4 |
Other | £1,140,000.00 | £580,000.00 - £1,700,000.00 | 2 |
Semi-Detached | £167,343.75 | £130,000.00 - £182,500.00 | 5 |
Terraced | £102,678.21 | £61,000.00 - £182,500.00 | 11 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £305,950.00 | £221,900.00 - £390,000.00 | 2 |
Flat | £150,000.00 | £150,000.00 - £150,000.00 | 1 |
Other | £185,000.00 | £185,000.00 - £185,000.00 | 1 |
Semi-Detached | £420,000.00 | £420,000.00 - £420,000.00 | 1 |
Terraced | £97,800.00 | £44,500.00 - £155,000.00 | 13 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £289,000.00 | £245,000.00 - £330,500.00 | 3 |
Other | £278,333.33 | £27,500.00 - £685,000.00 | 3 |
Semi-Detached | £183,500.00 | £135,000.00 - £260,000.00 | 6 |
Terraced | £88,297.92 | £57,500.00 - £243,000.00 | 22 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £259,250.00 | £220,000.00 - £315,000.00 | 6 |
Semi-Detached | £148,750.00 | £115,000.00 - £200,000.00 | 4 |
Terraced | £107,286.70 | £46,000.00 - £280,000.00 | 37 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £366,500.00 | £306,000.00 - £460,000.00 | 3 |
Other | £144,439.00 | £136,756.00 - £161,000.00 | 3 |
Semi-Detached | £157,500.00 | £135,000.00 - £180,000.00 | 2 |
Terraced | £101,376.20 | £61,000.00 - £161,000.00 | 28 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £269,616.67 | £206,000.00 - £343,000.00 | 8 |
Flat | £103,500.00 | £95,000.00 - £112,000.00 | 4 |
Other | £175,000.00 | £175,000.00 - £175,000.00 | 2 |
Semi-Detached | £187,375.00 | £148,500.00 - £235,500.00 | 6 |
Terraced | £107,081.73 | £60,000.00 - £155,000.00 | 33 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £327,402.78 | £150,000.00 - £855,000.00 | 11 |
Flat | £83,000.00 | £83,000.00 - £83,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £226,080.50 | £9,749.00 - £400,000.00 | 4 |
Semi-Detached | £204,111.11 | £170,000.00 - £300,000.00 | 8 |
Terraced | £99,178.89 | £47,000.00 - £175,000.00 | 39 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £280,375.00 | £237,000.00 - £650,000.00 | 10 |
Flat | £255,950.00 | £255,950.00 - £255,950.00 | 1 |
Other | £307,604.17 | £15,000.00 - £750,000.00 | 4 |
Semi-Detached | £193,850.00 | £118,000.00 - £600,000.00 | 11 |
Terraced | £110,723.96 | £60,000.00 - £280,000.00 | 28 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £261,997.22 | £218,000.00 - £395,000.00 | 10 |
Flat | £81,250.00 | £72,500.00 - £90,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £435,000.00 | £200,000.00 - £595,000.00 | 3 |
Semi-Detached | £167,000.00 | £165,000.00 - £169,000.00 | 3 |
Terraced | £114,148.64 | £58,000.00 - £228,000.00 | 34 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £358,611.11 | £180,000.00 - £625,000.00 | 6 |
Other | £176,123.33 | £1,240.00 - £660,000.00 | 5 |
Semi-Detached | £167,742.06 | £75,000.00 - £230,000.00 | 16 |
Terraced | £100,287.50 | £61,000.00 - £160,000.00 | 32 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £251,835.83 | £165,000.00 - £400,000.00 | 9 |
Flat | £71,250.00 | £65,500.00 - £77,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £387,499.25 | £205,000.00 - £579,997.00 | 3 |
Semi-Detached | £176,700.00 | £71,000.00 - £475,000.00 | 12 |
Terraced | £107,545.45 | £59,000.00 - £210,000.00 | 26 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £356,777.11 | £190,000.00 - £630,000.00 | 10 |
Flat | £74,950.00 | £74,950.00 - £74,950.00 | 1 |
Other | £65,950.00 | £800.00 - £175,000.00 | 6 |
Semi-Detached | £169,229.60 | £125,308.00 - £210,000.00 | 13 |
Terraced | £125,747.23 | £45,000.00 - £193,995.00 | 35 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £331,333.33 | £210,000.00 - £550,000.00 | 12 |
Other | £42,250.00 | £15,000.00 - £69,500.00 | 2 |
Semi-Detached | £192,202.50 | £134,500.00 - £229,995.00 | 15 |
Terraced | £103,358.67 | £52,000.00 - £195,000.00 | 23 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £283,432.33 | £236,995.00 - £330,000.00 | 9 |
Flat | £82,500.00 | £75,000.00 - £90,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £84,314.83 | £33,254.00 - £173,000.00 | 5 |
Semi-Detached | £199,843.75 | £99,750.00 - £415,000.00 | 6 |
Terraced | £97,663.46 | £55,000.00 - £167,000.00 | 23 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £279,880.10 | £172,714.00 - £550,000.00 | 16 |
Flat | £71,500.00 | £70,000.00 - £73,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £104,250.00 | £74,500.00 - £134,000.00 | 2 |
Semi-Detached | £182,667.00 | £116,000.00 - £324,000.00 | 14 |
Terraced | £107,532.84 | £58,500.00 - £235,000.00 | 29 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £288,861.11 | £175,000.00 - £435,000.00 | 12 |
Flat | £85,000.00 | £85,000.00 - £85,000.00 | 1 |
Other | £248,750.00 | £95,000.00 - £300,000.00 | 4 |
Semi-Detached | £163,390.49 | £84,000.00 - £244,000.00 | 18 |
Terraced | £95,328.85 | £52,500.00 - £175,000.00 | 23 |
House Type | Average | Min/Max | Sold |
Detached | £269,583.33 | £140,000.00 - £335,000.00 | 8 |
Flat | £94,500.00 | £74,000.00 - £115,000.00 | 2 |
Other | £494,997.50 | £389,995.00 - £600,000.00 | 2 |
Semi-Detached | £171,562.50 | £70,000.00 - £323,000.00 | 7 |
Terraced | £113,450.00 | £65,500.00 - £185,000.00 | 24 |
Name | Pupils | Age | Postcode |
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Turncroft Nursery SchoolNursery, Outstanding | 70 | 3-4 | BB32DN |
Lower Darwen Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 387 | 4-11 | BB30RB |
Ashleigh Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 220 | 4-11 | BB32JT |
Avondale Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 398 | 4-11 | BB31NN |
Holy Trinity VC SchoolPrimary, Good | 146 | 4-11 | BB32RW |
Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary, Outstanding | 235 | 3-11 | BB33NH |
Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 279 | 4-11 | BB32BW |
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 56 | 4-11 | BB30LX |
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 189 | 4-11 | BB30QP |
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary, Outstanding | 217 | 4-11 | BB30HY |
St Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary, Good | 204 | 4-11 | BB30AA |
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, DarwenPrimary, Good | 172 | 5-11 | BB32SG |
Darwen Aldridge Community AcademySecondary, Requires improvement | 1195 | 11-19 | BB33HD |
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioSecondary, Good | 262 | 13-19 | BB31AF |
Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyPrimary, Good | 213 | 3-11 | BB30EY |
Darwen Vale High SchoolSecondary, Requires improvement | 944 | 11-16 | BB30AL |
Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyPrimary, Good | 207 | 4-11 | BB32JA |
Sudell Primary SchoolPrimary, Good | 149 | 4-11 | BB33EB |
Crosshill Special SchoolSpecial, Good | 81 | 11-18 | BB31HZ |