Leasowe

Wirral · North West · population 7,142 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,810 of 6,856 in England
  • #520 of 932 in North West
  • #25 of 42 in Wirral
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,049
Median age (est.)42
Density1,661per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 17%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Leasowe is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,810 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Health (15). Typical homes here, about £205,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 90 sales), 7% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,703 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 32 · #4,646
Employment 20 · #5,509
Education 33 · #4,598
Health 15 · #5,797
Crime 43 · #3,919
Housing & access 90 · #690
Living environment 64 · #2,486

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +6.8% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,00090+6.8%+28.1%
Detached£290,00021-3.3%+9.6%
Semi-detached£217,00049+9.6%+35.6%
Terraced£172,75010+5.3%+38.2%
Flat£101,50010-18.8%
This area£205,000
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)£37,703±£5,386 · #4,142 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,093
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 383 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #2,378 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences212
Theft17
Burglary6
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons58
Drugs22
Robbery2
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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