Central & Islington

Liverpool · North West · population 15,518 · 6 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,535 of 6,856 in England
  • #384 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 61 in Liverpool
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,131
Median age (est.)22
Density9,567per km²
No qualifications5%
Degree or above32%
No car or van71%

Age

0–14 2%15–24 70%25–44 23%45–64 4%65+ 1%

Tenure

Own outright: 4%Mortgage/shared: 8%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 74%
Own outright 4%Mortgage/shared 8%Social rent 14%Private rent 74%

Households

One person: 53%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 4%Lone parent: 3%Other: 19%
One person 53%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 4%Lone parent 3%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Elementary 18% · Sales & customer service 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Elementary18%
Sales & customer service16%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 15%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 73%Asian 15%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 27% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Central & Islington sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,535 of 6,856 in England, and #13 of 61 in Liverpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (100) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £135,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 64% in five years (from 73 sales), 26% below the wider Liverpool median of £182,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #418 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £44,703 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 624 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #368
Employment 100 · #25
Education 66 · #2,363
Health 9 · #6,243
Crime 4 · #6,572
Housing & access 72 · #1,904
Living environment 16 · #5,736

House prices ?

£135,000median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£135,00073-1.8%+63.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£134,99571-0.0%+63.6%
This area£135,000
Liverpool£182,000
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)£44,703±£9,305 · #2,147 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,688
Price-to-income ?3.0×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

624 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 9,685 offences
Liverpool128
North West82
England83

Rank #6,414 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences3,060
Theft2,525
Burglary206
Vehicle crime137
Criminal damage & arson340
Public order & weapons1,138
Drugs1,984
Robbery161
Other134

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 764 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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