Housing in L18 1HR
What the homes in L18 1HR are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Wavertree South
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,781 (2024)
L18 1HRLiverpool
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (67.5%). Flats make up 23.6%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
36.8% of households in the L18 1HR area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 55.2% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 18.2% own outright and 18.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned36.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.8%1%
- Private rented55.2%20.5%
- Social rented7.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.3 people living in it. 23.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (46.1%). 10.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Liverpool
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Liverpool (August 2026, +5.6% 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 L18 1HR (Wavertree South) (about 1,781 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.