# CH63 5QF: area report for a postcode in Wirral

CH63 5QF is a postcode in Wirral.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wirral. Open the map at CH63 5QF for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) › [CH63](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch63) › [CH63 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch63-5)

## Around this postcode

- **0 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 100% on July. Wirral 032C: 38 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **Rock Ferry, 1.9 km**: About 24 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **No property in CH63 5QF listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Wirral 032C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **£221,849 average price**: For the whole of Wirral, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 820 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CH63 5QF**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **Low road and rail noise at CH63 5QF**: Road 46 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF
- **11.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Horizons Independent School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horizons-independent-school-e151346) | Special | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Prenton High School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prenton-high-school-for-girls-e137130) | Secondary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 40.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bedford Drive Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-drive-primary-school-e104988) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Higher Bebington Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/higher-bebington-junior-school-e105009) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Prenton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prenton-primary-school-e103598) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Devonshire Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/devonshire-park-primary-school-e104991) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Town Lane Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/town-lane-infant-school-e143391) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-birkenhead-e146088) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2026 | £1,140,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2024 | £975,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| July 2024 | £715,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| December 2025 | £510,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 260 m |
| February 2026 | £400,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 310 m |
| January 2023 | £415,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 340 m |
| August 2025 | £545,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 350 m |
| July 2023 | £465,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 360 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: COHENS PHARMACY (640 m)
- Dental practices: WESTBOURNE DENTAL PRACTICE (780 m); PRENTON DENTAL SURGERY (900 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Birkenhead (820 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £221,849** (July 2026). Wirral’s average house price was £221,849 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,010** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wirral earned a median of £38,010 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 158th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Wirral costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.5** (2025). Wirral has a deprivation score of 27.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 57th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wirral 032C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 10.1** (2025). Wirral 032C has a deprivation score of 10.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,840th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wirral 032C was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 10,961st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,307** (2021). Wirral 032C had 1,307 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,802nd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Wirral 032C, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## CH63 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH63 was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 861st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,091** (2021). CH63 had 29,091 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 972nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CH63 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.2%** (January 2026). In CH63, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)
- Centre: 53.3638, -3.0360

Council: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birkenhead): Alison McGovern (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.0360,53.3638,CH635QF

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