Egremont

Wirral · North West · population 7,449 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,579 of 6,856 in England
  • #841 of 932 in North West
  • #35 of 42 in Wirral
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,338
Median age (est.)39
Density7,780per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 15%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 17%Other: 11%
One person 41%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 17%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Muslim 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

Egremont is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,579 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #35 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here, about £145,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 57% in five years (from 76 sales), 34% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,959 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 108 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 8 · #6,270
Employment 3 · #6,661
Education 9 · #6,229
Health 1 · #6,778
Crime 7 · #6,380
Housing & access 100 · #32
Living environment 3 · #6,620

House prices ?

£145,000median (12m) · +5.1% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£145,00076+5.1%+56.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£154,50014+3.0%+12.4%
Terraced£141,25056+7.0%+56.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£145,000
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)£28,959±£4,128 · #6,571 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,094
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 802 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #5,146 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences424
Theft60
Burglary18
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson101
Public order & weapons112
Drugs48
Robbery5
Other18

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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