Is Heswall, Merseyside a nice place to live?

Is Heswall a nice place to live or is Heswall a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Heswall meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Heswall?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Heswall. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 9 wards nearest to the centre of Heswall. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Clatterbridge	29256
2	Heswall	28912
3	Pensby and Thingwall	26798
4	Little Neston	26386
5	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	26081
6	Willaston & Thornton	23507
7	Bebington	21453
8	Neston	18775
9	Prenton	15869

Is Heswall a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Heswall, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Heswall residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Flintshire	5.66
Wirral (Heswall)	7.26
Liverpool	7.98
Knowsley	8.62

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Heswall. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 9 wards nearest to the centre of Heswall. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Willaston & Thornton (Best)	18689
2	Little Neston	17490
3	Heswall	16377
4	Neston	15562
5	Clatterbridge	11846
6	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	11816
7	Pensby and Thingwall	11087
8	Bebington	8816
9	Prenton	6424

Is Heswall rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around Heswall. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 7 out of 9 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Heswall	27095
2	Little Neston	25997
3	Willaston & Thornton	24749
4	Clatterbridge	23669
5	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	22812
6	Pensby and Thingwall	20711
7	Neston	20493
8	Bebington	16933
9	Prenton	12173

How affordable are the rents in Heswall?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Heswall rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Merseyside.

Beds	Wirral	Merseyside
1	£400	£450
2	£550	£550
3	£650	£660
4	£875	£908

How much can I earn in Heswall per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Heswall, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Heswall's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Wirral (Heswall)	£680.50
2	Knowsley	£670.10
3	Liverpool	£646.40
4	Flintshire / Sir y Fflint	£639.00

So, is Heswall a nice place to live?

Heswall has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Heswall are more expensive than other parts of Merseyside.

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