Sefton

8°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:34

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

312 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hightown (4.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,105 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£938 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £622
• 2 bed £814
• 3 bed £993

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,475 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (8.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Eurogarages Ince Blundell (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

279,233 residents in Sefton · 1,783/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,641
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,564
• Net moves+3,077

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 131,350)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

116 schools · 41,789 pupils

74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 40 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

103 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

289 CQC-registered services

• Care homes112
• GP practices54
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies50
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sefton

• Within the Green Belt
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

267 applications decided

95.5% granted · 255 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 36
• LD 17
• Grn 3
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

9,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

59 jobs advertised · £46,452 avg

e.g. Teacher of Geography - Daily Supply - Liverpool, Secondary Tutor, Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) – Safeguarding & Quality Assurance

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,038 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 140,983 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices758 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Add specific content on men’s mental health to RSE & health guidance for schools271 local signatures · 2,991 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth240 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018200 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND188 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Sefton Central · 1.1 km

  Sefton Central is a constituency represented since its creation in 2010 by Bill Esterson of the Labour Party.

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  Lydiate railway station · 1.2 km

  Lydiate railway station was a station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway off Carr Lane, just outside Lydiate. The Merseyside and Lancashire border runs down the stream alongside Altcar Lane, w…

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  Altcar and Hillhouse railway station · 1.8 km

  Altcar and Hillhouse was a railway station located on the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway near Great Altcar, Lancashire, England.

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  Carr Houses · 1.8 km

  Carr Houses is a hamlet situated half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. Rigmaiden Farm and Cottage date back to th…

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  Lydiate Hall · 2.1 km

  Lydiate Hall was a 16th-century hall in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The hall was a black-and-white half-timbered house, and was similar in design to Speke Hall. The hall was accompanied by a private chapel. It was a…

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  St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate · 2.1 km

  St Catherine's Chapel, known locally as Lydiate Abbey, is a ruined chapel located in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The Chapel is situated on the A5147, adjacent to the Scotch Piper Inn. It is a Grade II* listed buildi…

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