Is Hoylake, Merseyside a nice place to live?

Is Hoylake a nice place to live or is Hoylake 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 Hoylake meets our criteria.

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Hoylake. 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 10 wards nearest to the centre of Hoylake. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Heswall	28912
2	Pensby and Thingwall	26798
3	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	26081
4	West Kirby and Thurstaston	24395
5	Hoylake and Meols	23070
6	Upton	19167
7	Moreton West and Saughall Massie	18527
8	Prenton	15869
9	Claughton	12281
10	Leasowe and Moreton East	11829

Is Hoylake a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Hoylake, 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 Hoylake 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	%
Sefton	7.01
Wirral (Hoylake)	7.26
Liverpool	7.98
Knowsley	8.62

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Hoylake. 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 10 wards nearest to the centre of Hoylake. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Heswall (Best)	16377
2	West Kirby and Thurstaston	13637
3	Hoylake and Meols	12908
4	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	11816
5	Pensby and Thingwall	11087
6	Prenton	6424
7	Moreton West and Saughall Massie	6398
8	Upton	4973
9	Leasowe and Moreton East	4653
10	Claughton (Worst)	4135

Is Hoylake rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Hoylake. 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, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Heswall	27095
2	West Kirby and Thurstaston	23217
3	Greasby, Frankby and Irby	22812
4	Hoylake and Meols	21898
5	Pensby and Thingwall	20711
6	Moreton West and Saughall Massie	14046
7	Prenton	12173
8	Upton	10846
9	Claughton	9313
10	Leasowe and Moreton East	8116

How affordable are the rents in Hoylake?

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, Hoylake 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 Hoylake per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Hoylake, 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 Hoylake's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Wirral (Hoylake)	£680.50
2	Knowsley	£670.10
3	Liverpool	£646.40
4	Sefton	£646.00

So, is Hoylake a nice place to live?

* Probably.