Haydock West

St. Helens · North West · population 5,862 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,193 of 6,856 in England
  • #448 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 24 in St. Helens
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,796
Median age (est.)47
Density2,441per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 15%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

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 65% · No religion 29% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Haydock West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,193 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 24 in St. Helens. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Health (18). Typical homes here, about £170,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 67 sales), 11% below the wider St. Helens median of £190,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,233 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,036 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 38 · #4,221
Employment 28 · #4,906
Education 40 · #4,077
Health 18 · #5,626
Crime 53 · #3,234
Housing & access 91 · #601
Living environment 47 · #3,611

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00067+1.5%+42.3%
Detached£310,0007+39.0%+26.5%
Semi-detached£189,99539+10.1%+49.3%
Terraced£124,95017+2.0%+59.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£170,000
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)£31,036±£4,344 · #6,184 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,039
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 316 offences
St. Helens89
North West82
England83

Rank #2,402 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences165
Theft32
Burglary9
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons40
Drugs21
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 14 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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