Hoylake

Wirral · North West · population 7,535 · 5 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,308 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 42 in Wirral
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,584
Median age (est.)50
Density2,290per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above45%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 6%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 34% · Hindu 0%

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

Hoylake is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,308 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £297,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 142 sales), 35% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,372 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 75 · #1,684
Employment 54 · #3,172
Education 88 · #841
Health 38 · #4,282
Crime 72 · #1,890
Housing & access 88 · #793
Living environment 21 · #5,386

House prices ?

£297,000median (12m) · -1.0% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£297,000142-1.0%+23.8%
Detached£600,00024+12.1%+25.0%
Semi-detached£407,00031+0.5%+19.7%
Terraced£285,00045+21.0%+46.0%
Flat£213,50042-3.8%+35.1%
This area£297,000
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)£39,372±£5,576 · #3,606 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,468
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 326 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #1,533 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences135
Theft83
Burglary7
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons52
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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