Rainhill North

St. Helens · North West · population 5,437 · 4 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,494 of 6,856 in England
  • #381 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 24 in St. Helens
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,445
Median age (est.)48
Density3,890per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 66% · No religion 27% · Buddhist 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

Rainhill North sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,494 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 24 in St. Helens. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Health (20). Typical homes here, about £195,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 63 sales), in line with the wider St. Helens median of £190,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #788 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,826 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 53 · #3,234
Employment 36 · #4,372
Education 54 · #3,165
Health 20 · #5,516
Crime 56 · #3,042
Housing & access 96 · #238
Living environment 47 · #3,659

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +9.9% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,00063+9.9%+44.3%
Detached£228,5005
Semi-detached£221,25028+19.6%+37.0%
Terraced£165,00029-2.9%+42.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£195,000
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)£33,826±£4,718 · #5,402 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,989
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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 260 offences
St. Helens89
North West82
England83

Rank #1,924 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences138
Theft15
Burglary4
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons40
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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