City Profile • Local Authority

Liverpool

Liverpool is a local authority district comprising 26 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £196k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.2% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (130 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

496,770
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

26 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Liverpool authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English77.3%
White: Other White5.0%
African2.6%
Chinese1.8%
Arab1.7%
Any other ethnic group1.6%

Age Profile

20-24 years10.1%
25-29 years7.8%
30-34 years7.7%
15-19 years7.0%
35-39 years6.8%
55-59 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional20.6%
Elementary occupations13.1%
Associate professional12.0%
Caring and leisure10.6%
Administrative and secretarial10.4%
Sales and customer service9.3%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright24.3%
Private rented: Landlord24.1%
Owned: Mortgage22.5%
Social rented: Other21.9%
Social rented: Council4.5%
Private rented: Other2.0%

Area DNA

health10/10
safety1/10
transit10/10
investment6/10