Great Meols

Wirral · North West · population 6,133 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,506 of 6,856 in England
  • #173 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 42 in Wirral
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,045
Median age (est.)48
Density847per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

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 61% · No religion 33% · Other 0%

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

Great Meols is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,506 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 42 in Wirral. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (84) and lowest on Health (41). Typical homes here, about £306,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 53% in five years (from 96 sales), 39% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,114 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 78 · #1,513
Employment 61 · #2,644
Education 80 · #1,396
Health 41 · #4,022
Crime 84 · #1,074
Housing & access 66 · #2,336
Living environment 82 · #1,239

House prices ?

£306,500median (12m) · +10.5% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£306,50096+10.5%+53.2%
Detached£355,50024+27.0%+61.6%
Semi-detached£289,75064+1.7%+44.9%
Terraced£263,0006+84.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£306,500
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)£40,114±£5,692 · #3,400 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,644
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 163 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #230 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences66
Theft28
Burglary5
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson12
Public order & weapons14
Drugs14
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 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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