Housing in CH42 7JJ
What the homes in CH42 7JJ 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 7JJBirkenhead
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (43.4%). Flats make up 21.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
37.4% of households in the CH42 7JJ area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 41.4% of households, more than double the England figure of 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%
By mortgage and landlord type
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 one person living alone aged under 66 (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). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CH42 7JJ (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.