Wavertree Penny Lane

Liverpool · North West · population 8,385 · 5 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,247 of 6,856 in England
  • #358 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 61 in Liverpool
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,286
Median age (est.)30
Density6,657per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above41%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 30%25–44 29%45–64 17%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 6%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 10%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 43% · Muslim 3%

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

Wavertree Penny Lane sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,247 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 61 in Liverpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here, about £270,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 112 sales), 48% above the wider Liverpool median of £182,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,607 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,486 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,363
Employment 67 · #2,281
Education 90 · #718
Health 26 · #5,084
Crime 56 · #3,021
Housing & access 100 · #12
Living environment 2 · #6,730

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · +6.9% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000112+6.9%+35.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£280,0009-6.7%+8.9%
Terraced£270,00096+6.9%+35.0%
Flat£127,5007+3.4%+53.6%
This area£270,000
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)£38,486±£5,566 · #3,871 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,063
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 494 offences
Liverpool128
North West82
England83

Rank #2,793 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences189
Theft88
Burglary25
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons61
Drugs36
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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