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Merseyside rankings · Income

Towns with the highest household incomes in Merseyside

Formby has the highest household incomes of Merseyside’s 25 towns of 2,500+: £56,870 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £46,302.

ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.

Formby

22,892 people

£56,870

Mean household income·£41,169 after tax·#808 of 2,178 in England and Wales

West Kirby

13,383 people

£56,292

Mean household income·£42,208 after tax·#844 of 2,178 in England and Wales

Heswall

29,082 people

£54,863

Mean household income·£40,665 after tax·#927 of 2,178 in England and Wales

All 25 towns, ranked

Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.

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#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank

1Formby22,892 people£56,870£41,169#808 of 2,178 nationally

2West Kirby13,383 people£56,292£42,208#844 of 2,178 nationally

3Heswall29,082 people£54,863£40,665#927 of 2,178 nationally

4Meols5,023 people£54,619£39,778#944 of 2,178 nationally

5Greasby9,175 people£54,370£39,522#961 of 2,178 nationally

6Hoylake5,311 people£53,081£39,372#1,044 of 2,178 nationally

7Maghull20,367 people£50,946£36,629#1,203 of 2,178 nationally

8Bebington57,607 people£50,215£37,402#1,261 of 2,178 nationally

9Lydiate6,516 people£49,948£36,158#1,274 of 2,178 nationally

10Rainford5,573 people£49,921£37,869#1,278 of 2,178 nationally

11Crosby50,218 people£48,391£35,868#1,395 of 2,178 nationally

12Aintree6,212 people£48,158£35,367#1,414 of 2,178 nationally

13Newton-le-Willows24,651 people£46,302£34,800#1,553 of 2,178 nationally

14Southport94,438 people£44,455£34,425#1,697 of 2,178 nationally

15Prescot39,227 people£44,128£34,022#1,721 of 2,178 nationally

16Billinge4,963 people£43,094£35,065#1,822 of 2,178 nationally

17Wallasey85,619 people£42,474£32,853#1,861 of 2,178 nationally

18Liverpool506,564 people£42,405£32,352#1,870 of 2,178 nationally

19Haydock16,143 people£40,804£31,939#1,980 of 2,178 nationally

20Litherland18,752 people£40,769£30,757#1,985 of 2,178 nationally

21Huyton with Roby59,844 people£40,423£31,599#2,004 of 2,178 nationally

22Birkenhead109,854 people£40,252£31,384#2,013 of 2,178 nationally

23St Helens107,684 people£39,426£31,601#2,050 of 2,178 nationally

24Kirkby45,559 people£38,167£30,673#2,106 of 2,178 nationally

25Bootle53,722 people£37,632£28,964#2,124 of 2,178 nationally

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Questions people ask

Which town in Merseyside has the highest household income?

Formby: its households average £56,870 a year before tax (£41,169 after). West Kirby and Heswall follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers Merseyside’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Merseyside is on the county page.

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Best places to live25 towns · #1 Greasby Most affordable towns25 towns · #1 Birkenhead Safest towns25 towns · #1 Greasby Towns with the best schools25 towns · #1 Hoylake Healthiest towns25 towns · #1 West Kirby Best towns for jobs & income25 towns · #1 Meols Most walkable towns25 towns · #1 Liverpool Towns with the lowest flood risk25 towns · #1 Aintree and 4 more Best towns for the outdoors25 towns · #1 Litherland Most historic towns25 towns · #1 Southport Towns with the most civic life25 towns · #1 Rainford Towns with the lowest council tax25 towns · #1 Haydock and Newton-le-WillowsDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters25 towns · #1 HoylakeDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers25 towns · #1 St HelensDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers25 towns · #1 FormbyDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts25 towns · #1 MeolsDescribed, no letters Driest towns25 towns · #1 Hoylake and MeolsDescribed, no letters Wettest towns25 towns · #1 BillingeDescribed, no letters

Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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