City Profile • Local Authority
Sefton
Sefton is a local authority district comprising 15 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £232k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.9% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 79 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
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)
281,027
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
15 AreasL10ExploreL20ExploreL21ExploreL22ExploreL23ExploreL29ExploreL30ExploreL31ExploreL37ExploreL38ExploreL70ExploreL72ExploreL9ExplorePR8ExplorePR9Explore
Population Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Sefton authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English91.8%
White: Other White3.1%
White: Irish0.8%
Other Asian0.5%
Any other ethnic group0.5%
White and Asian0.4%
Age Profile
55-59 years7.8%
50-54 years7.2%
60-64 years7.1%
30-34 years6.1%
65-69 years6.0%
35-39 years6.0%
Top Occupations
Professional18.6%
Associate professional12.5%
Administrative and secretarial11.9%
Managers and directors11.2%
Caring and leisure11.0%
Skilled trades9.7%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Outright37.7%
Owned: Mortgage28.9%
Private rented: Landlord16.2%
Social rented: Other11.0%
Social rented: Council3.4%
Private rented: Other2.0%
Area DNA
family5/10
health9/10
safety5/10
homeown6/10
transit10/10
affluence4/10
diversity2/10
employment3/10
investment4/10