Woodhey

Wirral · North West · population 7,252 · 5 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,486 of 6,856 in England
  • #280 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 42 in Wirral
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,240
Median age (est.)44
Density3,870per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above38%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 33% · 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

Woodhey is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,486 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 42 in Wirral. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Living environment (32). Typical homes here, about £248,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 95 sales), 13% above the wider Wirral median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,662 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 65 · #2,390
Employment 53 · #3,227
Education 80 · #1,376
Health 34 · #4,536
Crime 53 · #3,213
Housing & access 100 · #25
Living environment 32 · #4,653

House prices ?

£248,000median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£248,00095+5.5%+30.5%
Detached£381,00010-8.2%+42.2%
Semi-detached£250,00070+6.4%+16.3%
Terraced£210,0005+1.8%+34.6%
Flat£115,00010+15.3%+49.4%
This area£248,000
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)£40,662±£5,738 · #3,222 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,455
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 360 offences
Wirral72
North West82
England83

Rank #2,078 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft77
Burglary14
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons43
Drugs24
Robbery5
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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