Bidston Hill

Wirral · North West · population 7,995 · 5 LSOAs

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

0Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,833 of 6,856 in England
  • #922 of 932 in North West
  • #40 of 42 in Wirral
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,695
Median age (est.)35
Density2,155per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above19%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 55%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 55%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 28%Other: 8%
One person 35%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 28%Other 8%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 18% · Elementary 18% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure18%
Elementary18%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 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

Bidston Hill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,833 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #40 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Employment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £127,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 49 sales), 42% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,801 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 1 · #6,812
Employment 0 · #6,846
Education 1 · #6,785
Health 0 · #6,846
Crime 3 · #6,641
Housing & access 92 · #574
Living environment 54 · #3,138

House prices ?

£127,500median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£127,50049-1.2%+21.4%
Detached£246,0007+20.3%+85.0%
Semi-detached£161,75016+11.6%+40.7%
Terraced£121,78022+1.5%+35.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£127,500
Wirral£220,000
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)£29,801±£4,385 · #6,438 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,352
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,115 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #5,786 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences458
Theft224
Burglary28
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson146
Public order & weapons132
Drugs49
Robbery3
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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