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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001381

Wavertree West

Wavertree West is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,837 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool
9,837

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,274

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,585.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Langworthy Buile Hill, Salford7,017 residents · 40.5% owned · 43.0% no carPark Hill & Wybourn, Sheffield12,075 residents · 35.7% owned · 44.9% no carSneinton, Nottingham10,080 residents · 31.8% owned · 48.4% no carBeswick, Eastlands & Openshaw Park, Manchester11,851 residents · 26.0% owned · 42.4% no carNaul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no carGrangetown South, Cardiff6,874 residents · 53.2% owned · 33.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wavertree West

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented40.9%
1,748 households
Owned35.9%
1,533 households
Social rented22.6%
967 households
Shared ownership0.4%
19 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced64.1%
2,740 households
Semi-detached19%
810 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
370 households
Detached4.4%
187 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.9%
122 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.9%
2,046 households
1 car or van in household40.3%
1,723 households
2 cars or vans in household9.5%
406 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.3%
99 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms47.1%
2,013 households
3 bedrooms34.2%
1,462 households
4 or more bedrooms11.2%
480 households
1 bedroom7.4%
317 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.9%
2,176 households
One-person household36.6%
1,563 households
Other household types12.5%
536 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.6%
1,563 households
2 people in household30.2%
1,291 households
3 people in household14.8%
634 households
4 people in household10.1%
431 households
5 people in household4.3%
182 households
6 people in household2.3%
99 households
7 people in household1.2%
52 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.9%
1,858 residents
15–2929.6%
2,915 residents
30–4423.5%
2,313 residents
45–6418.4%
1,811 residents
65 and over9.6%
941 residents
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White62.8%
6,178 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12%
1,185 residents
Other ethnic group11%
1,079 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
770 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.4%
625 residents
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.2%
2,463 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.6%
1,860 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.9%
1,650 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10%
786 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.6%
3,912 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.1%
3,561 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.3%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students19.2%
1,513 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.9%
1,256 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,053 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
903 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
766 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
588 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.4%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
347 residents aged 16 and over
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
4,649 residents
Good health32.8%
3,228 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,238 residents
Bad health5.3%
520 residents
Very bad health2.1%
202 residents
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
7,929 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,908 residents
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.3%
1,722 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,412 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.8%
804 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
322 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Wavertree West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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