WA9 5AE House Prices & Local Information

WA9 5AE is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.6km from Peasley Cross in St Helens (St. Helens). Administratively it sits within Peasley Cross & Fingerpost ward and the St Helens South and Whiston constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WA9 5AE is an area with a high proportion of elderly residents, often in communal housing. During the day, manufacturing, energy and utilities. A balanced community with an average age of 35 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 28% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban 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 WA9 5AE are sourced from Output Area E00035035 (shared with 57 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.