Earlestown North

St. Helens · North West · population 6,952 · 4 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,886 of 6,856 in England
  • #532 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 24 in St. Helens
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,911
Median age (est.)39
Density3,078per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above28%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 27%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 35% · 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

Earlestown North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,886 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 24 in St. Helens. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (87) but weak on Health (15). Typical homes here sold for about £192,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 60 sales), in line with the wider St. Helens median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,471 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 · #4,865
Employment 18 · #5,647
Education 33 · #4,584
Health 15 · #5,845
Crime 41 · #4,049
Housing & access 87 · #910
Living environment 70 · #2,061

House prices ?

£192,500median (12m) · -10.5% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,50060-10.5%+10.0%
Detached£330,00012+4.8%+39.2%
Semi-detached£210,00025-0.5%+20.0%
Terraced£151,00022-8.2%+22.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£192,500
St. Helens£190,000
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)£33,471±£4,656 · #5,512 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,125
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 352 offences
St. Helens89
North West82
England83

Rank #2,168 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences222
Theft18
Burglary6
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons34
Drugs21
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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