Woodchurch

Wirral · North West · population 6,876 · 5 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,366 of 6,856 in England
  • #788 of 932 in North West
  • #34 of 42 in Wirral
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,735
Median age (est.)40
Density3,354per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above20%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 36%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 20%Other: 10%
One person 40%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 20%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 17% · Elementary 15% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure17%
Elementary15%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · 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

Woodchurch is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,366 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here sold for about £150,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 62 sales), 32% below the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,093 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 125 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 8 · #6,270
Employment 3 · #6,620
Education 11 · #6,072
Health 1 · #6,791
Crime 21 · #5,386
Housing & access 90 · #718
Living environment 80 · #1,369

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,00062-2.0%+21.2%
Detached£389,9955
Semi-detached£170,000180.0%+30.3%
Terraced£146,00032+0.7%+27.0%
Flat£100,0007
This area£150,000
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)£30,093±£4,298 · #6,372 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,060
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

125 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 860 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #5,565 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences439
Theft96
Burglary30
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons125
Drugs44
Robbery4
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 226 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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