Wallasey Central

Wirral · North West · population 8,312 · 6 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,959 of 6,856 in England
  • #333 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 42 in Wirral
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,297
Median age (est.)45
Density5,663per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above34%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 2%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 16% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional16%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

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 56% · No religion 38% · Muslim 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

Wallasey Central is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,959 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here, about £245,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 117 sales), 11% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #990 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,360 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 68 · #2,199
Employment 52 · #3,268
Education 75 · #1,698
Health 32 · #4,646
Crime 77 · #1,595
Housing & access 100 · #5
Living environment 5 · #6,483

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,000117+4.3%+26.5%
Detached£312,50016-8.1%0.0%
Semi-detached£256,00075+4.5%+24.9%
Terraced£206,50020+13.5%+33.2%
Flat£152,5506+32.7%+27.1%
This area£245,000
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)£39,360±£5,511 · #3,611 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,017
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 232 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #283 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences126
Theft19
Burglary10
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons24
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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