Knowsley Village & Southdene

Knowsley · North West · population 10,377 · 7 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,366 of 6,856 in England
  • #788 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 20 in Knowsley
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,130
Median age (est.)40
Density424per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above19%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 30%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 21%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 21%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant11%
Administrative11%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 68% · No religion 27% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Knowsley Village & Southdene is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,366 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 20 in Knowsley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (76) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here sold for about £157,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 93 sales), 19% below the wider Knowsley median of £195,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,547 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 88 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 11 · #6,072
Employment 5 · #6,524
Education 2 · #6,682
Health 2 · #6,716
Crime 47 · #3,645
Housing & access 54 · #3,124
Living environment 76 · #1,623

House prices ?

£157,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£157,00093+8.1%-7.6%
Detached£355,00014+10.9%+50.9%
Semi-detached£182,50038+12.3%+32.2%
Terraced£138,00033+15.0%+72.5%
Flat£104,5008
This area£157,000
Knowsley£195,000
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)£29,547±£4,204 · #6,479 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,859
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 909 offences
Knowsley85
North West82
England83

Rank #4,429 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences416
Theft73
Burglary47
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson118
Public order & weapons99
Drugs88
Robbery5
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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