Waterloo

Sefton · North West · population 7,707 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,358 of 6,856 in England
  • #469 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 38 in Sefton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents7,689
Median age (est.)41
Density7,143per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 29%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Waterloo is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,358 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 38 in Sefton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (99) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 100 sales), in line with the wider Sefton median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,418 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 47 · #3,631
Employment 34 · #4,536
Education 67 · #2,281
Health 26 · #5,064
Crime 38 · #4,241
Housing & access 99 · #87
Living environment 2 · #6,689

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,000100+4.4%+32.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£280,00031+11.7%+40.0%
Terraced£226,85054-1.4%+27.4%
Flat£134,50012-3.9%+42.3%
This area£235,000
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)£34,418±£4,837 · #5,212 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,043
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 483 offences
Sefton77
North West82
England83

Rank #3,048 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences233
Theft68
Burglary15
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons67
Drugs27
Robbery4
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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 →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in Sefton

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.