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A large town of 20,367 in Merseyside, North West.
Maghull grades C overall against UK towns: better than 33% of UK towns, and #12 of 25 in Merseyside. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (B+): mean household income £50,946; 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £245,995, 5.4 years of area income; rent £938 a month.
The 3 things Maghull does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Maghull is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Maghull’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maghull.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Maghull has 9 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. 3% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 282 | C |
| Deyes High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,336 | C+ |
| Summerhill Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 215 | A |
Maghull sits above both Merseyside’s towns (58%) and England’s towns (61%) on this measure. Social housing holds 5% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £324,995 | 209 |
| Semi-detached | £240,000 | 490 |
| Terraced | £206,000 | 134 |
| Flat or maisonette | £128,000 | 61 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
That puts Maghull above both Merseyside’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of residents. The median resident of Maghull is 48.4 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Maghull | Merseyside | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Merseyside and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
On this, Maghull is below both Merseyside’s towns (45%) and England’s towns (45%). 15% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Police recorded 1,048 crimes inside Maghull’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 139 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violent crime ran at 28.1 per 1,000 residents a year, close to Merseyside’s towns (25.4) and above England’s towns (22). For its size, Maghull records less crime per resident than 72% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
19% of residents have a disability, below Merseyside’s towns (22%) but above England’s towns (17%). 4 GP practices serve the town; 77% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Maghull | Merseyside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 7.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
9 listed buildings in Maghull.
Nos 1-12 Manor House: Photo: Peter Hodge · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Parish Church of St Andrew: Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Maghull.
James Graham: Gérard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mark Burgess: MarkBurgess, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Band D council tax in Maghull is £2,695 for 2026–27, more than in 95% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+. Police recorded 1,048 crimes inside Maghull’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 55% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Large town in Merseyside, England
Maghull is a built-up area of 20,367 people, in the Sefton council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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