Formby South West

Sefton · North West · population 5,542 · 4 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #492 of 6,856 in England
  • #54 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 38 in Sefton
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,646
Median age (est.)52
Density1,053per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above42%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 28%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 4%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 23%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 68% · No religion 26% · Other 0%

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

Formby South West is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 38 in Sefton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (93) and lowest on Health (66). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 84 sales), 63% above the wider Sefton median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,143 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 93 · #478
Employment 74 · #1,815
Education 92 · #540
Health 66 · #2,308
Crime 78 · #1,486
Housing & access 85 · #1,019
Living environment 92 · #512

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00084+3.9%+17.7%
Detached£425,00047-0.8%+8.6%
Semi-detached£333,50032+1.1%+30.8%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£375,000
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)£43,143±£6,134 · #2,549 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,456
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 258 offences
Sefton77
North West82
England83

Rank #1,839 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences97
Theft68
Burglary9
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons24
Drugs14
Robbery5
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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