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Sefton

Council10 towns and neighbourhoods

Typical price

£230,000

+16% on 5 years ago

Sales in the last year

3,657

September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +46% on 10 years ago

Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.

People

279,233

At the 2021 census

New-build homes sold

358

In 2025, 8% of the homes sold

Find a street in Sefton

Type a street and tap it to see its sales.

Prices over time

The typical sale each year in Sefton.

£0k£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k 200020052010201520202025

By type of home

The typical price of each, over the last year.

Detached510 sold£379,997
Semi-detached1,419 sold£240,000
Terraced548 sold£173,000
Flat480 sold£135,000

The towns in Sefton

Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.

Bootle779 sales£142,000
Walton41 sales£149,950
Litherland541 sales£170,000
Southport2742 sales£225,000
Aintree161 sales£235,000
Lydiate129 sales£245,000
Maghull683 sales£250,000
Crosby1277 sales£260,000
Formby755 sales£332,500
Hightown56 sales£350,500

Rising fastest

How much the typical price has changed in five years.

Risen most
Bootle +44%
Litherland +35%
Walton +30%
Risen least
Lydiate +9%
Formby +12%
Southport +20%

Streets

Streets of houses across the whole of Sefton, from the last five years' sales.

The market

How many homes sold in Sefton each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.

Homes sold in 2025

4,664

3% more than 2024. 1% above the ten-year average.

New-build homes sold in 2025

358

8% of the homes sold.

Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.

New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.

01,5003,0004,5006,000 2016: 4,472 homes sold, 253 of them new builds 2016 2017: 4,514 homes sold, 180 of them new builds 2017 2018: 4,595 homes sold, 215 of them new builds 2018 2019: 4,521 homes sold, 371 of them new builds 2019 2020: 4,265 homes sold, 462 of them new builds 2020 2021: 5,727 homes sold, 443 of them new builds 2021 2022: 4,936 homes sold, 392 of them new builds 2022 2023: 4,157 homes sold, 359 of them new builds 2023 2024: 4,545 homes sold, 498 of them new builds 2024 2025: 4,664 homes sold, 358 of them new builds 2025

All homes sold New-build homes sold

Living in Sefton

The best-known places, getting around and the council.

Who lives here

The people and homes of Sefton, at the last census in 2021.

The people

279,233 people

Ages

Under 1819%
18 to 6458%
65 and over23%

Aged 16 and over

In work54%
Retired27%
Students6%

The homes

123,073 households

How they are held

Owned outright38%
Owned with a mortgage29%
Rented privately18%
Social housing14%
Shared ownership1%

2.2 people in a typical home. 34% live alone.

26% of households have no car.

Typical pay

£36,937 a year

Before tax, for someone living here working full time.

Full-fibre broadband

81% of homes

can get gigabit broadband.

Crime

87 a year for every 1,000 people

Up 1% on the year before, the twelve months September 2025 to August 2026.

Schools

Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.

Primary

Freshfield Primary SchoolFormby · 272 pupilsOutstanding2024
Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolFormby · 238 pupilsOutstanding2024
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary SchoolLitherland · 236 pupilsOutstanding2024
St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateLydiate · 236 pupilsOutstanding2024
Rimrose Hope CofE Primary SchoolLitherland · 325 pupilsOutstanding2023

Secondary

Litherland High SchoolLitherland · 761 pupilsGood2024
Meols Cop High SchoolSouthport · 916 pupilsGood2023
Hillside High SchoolBootle · 785 pupilsGood2023
King's Leadership Academy HawthornesBootle · 708 pupilsGood2023

Council tax

What each band costs in Sefton, 2026 to 2027.

A£1,722 a year£144 a month
B£2,009 a year£167 a month
C£2,296 a year£191 a month
D£2,583 a year£215 a month
E£3,157 a year£263 a month
F£3,731 a year£311 a month
G£4,305 a year£359 a month
H£5,166 a year£430 a month