Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001384

Wavertree South

Wavertree South is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,802 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool

10,802

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,655

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,007.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

31.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wavertree South

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

Tenure

Private rented51.8%

1,895 households

Owned31.1%

1,135 households

Social rented16.4%

599 households

Shared ownership0.7%

25 households

Lives rent free0%

1 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced68.4%

2,502 households

Semi-detached10.3%

375 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.3%

340 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6%

219 households

Detached3.1%

113 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%

79 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%

28 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

1 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.7%

1,597 households

1 car or van in household36.2%

1,323 households

2 cars or vans in household13.3%

486 households

3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%

250 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms35.1%

1,283 households

3 bedrooms31.7%

1,161 households

2 bedrooms24.2%

886 households

1 bedroom9%

328 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Other household types35.8%

1,310 households

Single family household33.9%

1,239 households

One-person household30.3%

1,108 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.3%

1,108 households

2 people in household21.7%

794 households

3 people in household14.4%

528 households

4 people in household12.4%

454 households

5 people in household8.3%

305 households

6 people in household6.2%

225 households

7 people in household4.5%

164 households

8 or more people in household2.2%

79 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.2%

997 residents

15–2958.3%

6,295 residents

30–4413.6%

1,471 residents

45–6411.9%

1,289 residents

65 and over6.9%

747 residents

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77.9%

8,418 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.3%

1,007 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%

581 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.9%

419 residents

Other ethnic group3.5%

377 residents

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications48.2%

4,694 residents aged 16 and over

Level 4 qualifications or above27.4%

2,668 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications11.2%

1,087 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications5.9%

577 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.5%

442 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship1.7%

162 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications1.2%

118 residents aged 16 and over

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive55.9%

5,452 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)29.4%

2,871 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student14.6%

1,426 residents aged 16 and over

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students53.8%

5,243 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.8%

959 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8%

781 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations6.8%

665 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations5.7%

554 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations5.5%

534 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.2%

414 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers3.7%

363 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%

236 residents aged 16 and over

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.2%

5,851 residents

Good health31.2%

3,369 residents

Fair health10.3%

1,116 residents

Bad health3.2%

344 residents

Very bad health1.1%

122 residents

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.4%

9,008 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act16.6%

1,797 residents

Wavertree South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.9%

1,606 households

Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%

1,238 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions16.4%

599 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%

201 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%

12 households

Wavertree South · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02001384

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Wavertree South

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Wavertree South

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.