Thurstaston & Irby

Wirral · North West · population 6,555 · 4 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #780 of 6,856 in England
  • #99 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 42 in Wirral
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,605
Median age (est.)52
Density798per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above39%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 3%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

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

Thurstaston & Irby is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #780 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 42 in Wirral. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (96) and lowest on Health (50). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 81 sales), 27% 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, #297 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,975 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 91 · #642
Employment 71 · #1,972
Education 89 · #745
Health 50 · #3,405
Crime 96 · #272
Housing & access 68 · #2,199
Living environment 82 · #1,259

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00081+6.7%+19.1%
Detached£361,00020-3.7%+12.8%
Semi-detached£257,50058+4.0%+39.6%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£280,000
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)£37,975±£5,325 · #4,049 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,187
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 220 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #694 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft25
Burglary17
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons14
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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