Speke West & Airport

Liverpool · North West · population 8,124 · 4 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,099 of 6,856 in England
  • #719 of 932 in North West
  • #33 of 61 in Liverpool
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,830
Median age (est.)37
Density880per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above22%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 35%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 21%Other: 10%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 21%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 14% · Process & plant 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional14%
Process & plant13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Speke West & Airport is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,099 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 61 in Liverpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £175,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 65 sales), in line with the wider Liverpool median of £182,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,371 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 158 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 12 · #6,003
Employment 5 · #6,524
Education 10 · #6,195
Health 3 · #6,627
Crime 52 · #3,295
Housing & access 82 · #1,253
Living environment 68 · #2,157

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +15.5% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,00065+15.5%+0.6%
Detached£260,0005+12.8%
Semi-detached£223,50020+14.5%+27.7%
Terraced£150,00031+11.1%+17.6%
Flat£135,0009+42.1%+82.4%
This area£175,000
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)£32,371±£4,600 · #5,858 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,556
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

158 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,288 offences
Liverpool128
North West82
England83

Rank #5,975 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences438
Theft308
Burglary32
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson186
Public order & weapons164
Drugs76
Robbery13
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 195 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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