Garston

Liverpool · North West · population 6,527 · 4 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,989 of 6,856 in England
  • #702 of 932 in North West
  • #30 of 61 in Liverpool
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,456
Median age (est.)36
Density3,652per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above30%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 27%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 20%Other: 10%
One person 36%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 20%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Garston is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,989 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 61 in Liverpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Health (5). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 83 sales), 10% above the wider Liverpool median of £182,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,372 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 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 17 · #5,681
Employment 11 · #6,120
Education 22 · #5,359
Health 5 · #6,524
Crime 21 · #5,400
Housing & access 88 · #821
Living environment 12 · #6,024

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00083+8.1%+36.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£220,00011-18.8%+22.2%
Terraced£193,57868+7.5%+42.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£200,000
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)£31,372±£4,404 · #6,104 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,340
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 514 offences
Liverpool128
North West82
England83

Rank #4,013 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences238
Theft60
Burglary6
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons64
Drugs41
Robbery1
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 138 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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