WA9 2QL House Prices & Local Information

WA9 2QL is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.7km from Newtown in St. Helens. Administratively it sits within Parr ward and the St Helens North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WA9 2QL is an area with a high proportion of elderly residents, often in communal housing. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 36 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WA9 2QL are sourced from Output Area E00034555 (shared with 12 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.