Claughton South & Oxton North

Wirral · North West · population 7,977 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,406 of 6,856 in England
  • #476 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 42 in Wirral
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,948
Median age (est.)52
Density3,046per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above39%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 8%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 14%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 54%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 7%Other: 12%
One person 54%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 7%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 34% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Claughton South & Oxton North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,406 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here sold for about £175,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 129 sales), 20% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,562 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £30,725 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 · #3,659
Employment 23 · #5,276
Education 73 · #1,828
Health 11 · #6,099
Crime 43 · #3,926
Housing & access 100 · #25
Living environment 30 · #4,831

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,000129+2.9%+9.4%
Detached£420,00017-2.0%+19.1%
Semi-detached£265,00017-31.6%+16.0%
Terraced£226,50018+0.7%+18.6%
Flat£148,00077+18.4%+22.3%
This area£175,000
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)£30,725±£4,563 · #6,259 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,582
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 529 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #3,296 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences255
Theft45
Burglary29
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons57
Drugs42
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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