Upton West

Wirral · North West · population 8,204 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,596 of 6,856 in England
  • #293 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 42 in Wirral
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,072
Median age (est.)46
Density3,010per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%
Elementary7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · 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

Upton West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,596 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Health (30). Typical homes here, about £251,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 132 sales), 14% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,660 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 56 · #3,028
Employment 45 · #3,796
Education 68 · #2,178
Health 30 · #4,831
Crime 67 · #2,288
Housing & access 98 · #142
Living environment 73 · #1,835

House prices ?

£251,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£251,000132-1.6%+35.3%
Detached£379,99937-0.5%+9.4%
Semi-detached£255,00064+4.1%+34.2%
Terraced£165,00013+6.5%+13.8%
Flat£102,50018-12.0%+20.6%
This area£251,000
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)£36,660±£5,109 · #4,477 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,314
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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 353 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #1,508 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft49
Burglary18
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons61
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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