Runcorn Town & Westfield

Halton · North West · population 10,838 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,530 of 6,856 in England
  • #630 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 16 in Halton
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,652
Median age (est.)39
Density1,479per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 17%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 40%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary14%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Runcorn Town & Westfield is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,530 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 16 in Halton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (63) but weak on Health (8). Typical homes here sold for about £128,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 145 sales), 34% below the wider Halton median of £195,250. Typical household take-home income is around £32,816 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 32 · #4,653
Employment 19 · #5,551
Education 28 · #4,954
Health 8 · #6,318
Crime 16 · #5,784
Housing & access 63 · #2,528
Living environment 22 · #5,359

House prices ?

£128,000median (12m) · -7.6% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£128,000145-7.6%-6.2%
Detached£280,0007-23.8%+22.8%
Semi-detached£190,000490.0%+15.9%
Terraced£115,50070+0.7%+16.7%
Flat£95,00019+10.1%+21.8%
This area£128,000
Halton£195,250
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,816±£4,621 · #5,735 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,897
Price-to-income ?3.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,012 offences
Halton83
North West82
England83

Rank #4,678 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences490
Theft99
Burglary29
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons129
Drugs85
Robbery9
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 130 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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