Housing in L8 7PQ
What the homes in L8 7PQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter
- Council
- Liverpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,003 (2024)
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What homes look like here
The most common homes here are flats in converted or shared houses (44.5%). Flats make up 74.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
15.5% of households in the L8 7PQ area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 32.9% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 6.5% own outright and 9% with a mortgage.
- Owned15.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.7%1%
- Private rented32.9%20.5%
- Social rented50.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.7 people living in it. 60.2% 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 (47.4%). 7.6% 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 L8 7PQ (Chinatown, St James & Georgian Quarter) (about 3,003 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.