St Michael's & Otterspool

Liverpool · North West · population 7,497 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,310 of 6,856 in England
  • #463 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 61 in Liverpool
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,455
Median age (est.)40
Density3,260per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above47%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 13%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 20%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 43%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative9%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

St Michael's & Otterspool is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,310 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 61 in Liverpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (79) but weak on Living environment (16). Typical homes here, about £290,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 121 sales), 59% above the wider Liverpool median of £182,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,854 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 47 · #3,638
Employment 31 · #4,742
Education 79 · #1,458
Health 16 · #5,736
Crime 33 · #4,577
Housing & access 61 · #2,692
Living environment 16 · #5,784

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +17.9% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,000121+17.9%+32.6%
Detached£465,00013+19.2%-19.8%
Semi-detached£313,85020+18.4%+24.3%
Terraced£292,00047+16.8%+32.7%
Flat£230,00041+8.2%+26.0%
This area£290,000
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)£33,854±£4,859 · #5,392 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,797
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 678 offences
Liverpool128
North West82
England83

Rank #4,560 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft176
Burglary27
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons78
Drugs47
Robbery13
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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