Housing in CH42 0LY
What the homes in CH42 0LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Birkenhead South
- Council
- Wirral
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,424 (2024)
CH42 0LYBirkenhead
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (43.4%). Flats make up 21.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the CH42 0LY area is well below that, at 37.4%. The private rented sector is more than double the national picture, at 41.4% of households against 20.5%. 17.2% own outright and 20.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned37.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented41.4%20.5%
- Social rented20.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.5%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 49.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, under 66, at 38.6%. 22.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wirral
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wirral, August 2026, +7% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood CH42 0LY sits in (Birkenhead South): about 1,424 residents.
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.