New Brighton

Wirral · North West · population 7,544 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,462 of 6,856 in England
  • #618 of 932 in North West
  • #30 of 42 in Wirral
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,596
Median age (est.)49
Density5,510per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 23%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 11%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 47%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 9%Other: 13%
One person 47%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 9%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

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 50% · No religion 41% · 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

New Brighton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,462 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (99) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here, about £202,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 144 sales), 8% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,049 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 31 · #4,701
Employment 18 · #5,633
Education 32 · #4,666
Health 10 · #6,181
Crime 26 · #5,036
Housing & access 99 · #53
Living environment 4 · #6,565

House prices ?

£202,500median (12m) · +13.4% yr · n=144
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,500144+13.4%+35.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£270,00043-3.6%+22.7%
Terraced£182,00050+2.5%+26.6%
Flat£180,00047+20.0%+51.3%
This area£202,500
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)£30,049±£4,268 · #6,382 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,382
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 568 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #3,840 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences264
Theft73
Burglary8
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons105
Drugs29
Robbery10
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 160 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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