Saughall Massie

Wirral · North West · population 7,335 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,540 of 6,856 in England
  • #178 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 42 in Wirral
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,209
Median age (est.)49
Density3,811per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 3%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%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

Saughall Massie is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Health (37). Typical homes here, about £233,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 109 sales), 6% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #163 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £34,043 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 22 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 72 · #1,883
Employment 60 · #2,761
Education 70 · #2,082
Health 37 · #4,289
Crime 90 · #670
Housing & access 94 · #444
Living environment 72 · #1,952

House prices ?

£233,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£233,000109+2.6%+29.4%
Detached£265,00027-9.9%+22.5%
Semi-detached£231,00074+5.6%+31.4%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£233,000
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)£34,043±£4,768 · #5,327 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,457
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

22 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 162 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #73 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences85
Theft17
Burglary11
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons10
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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