UPPER BAKER STREET, L6 1RF House Prices & Local Information

L6 1RF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Upper Baker Street, 0.3km from Kensington in Liverpool. Administratively it sits within Kensington and Fairfield ward and the Liverpool, Wavertree constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, L6 1RF is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. During the day, ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. A balanced community with an average age of 39 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 58% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 31% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Liverpool. Full-time employment stands at 17% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 67 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £170k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 L6 1RF are sourced from Output Area E00034202 (shared with 11 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.