Ainsdale East

Sefton · North West · population 6,587 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,639 of 6,856 in England
  • #499 of 932 in North West
  • #25 of 38 in Sefton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,576
Median age (est.)46
Density2,959per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 19%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Ainsdale East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,639 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 38 in Sefton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (77) but weak on Health (22). Typical homes here sold for about £205,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 92 sales), 11% below the wider Sefton median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,154 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 29 · #4,879
Employment 22 · #5,345
Education 32 · #4,673
Health 22 · #5,379
Crime 38 · #4,262
Housing & access 77 · #1,575
Living environment 74 · #1,774

House prices ?

£205,500median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,50092-5.0%+14.2%
Detached£370,0007-3.1%+42.3%
Semi-detached£219,99559-2.9%+22.2%
Terraced£197,0009+3.1%+51.5%
Flat£130,00017-2.6%+4.0%
This area£205,500
Sefton£230,000
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)£34,154±£4,841 · #5,293 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,328
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 445 offences
Sefton77
North West82
England83

Rank #3,375 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft103
Burglary7
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons50
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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