# L21 2QJ: area report for a postcode in Sefton

L21 2QJ is a postcode in Sefton.

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 Sefton. Open the map at L21 2QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) › [L21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l21) › [L21 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l21-2)

## Around this postcode

- **56 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 6% on July. Sefton 032E: 107 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **Seaforth and Litherland, 370 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **No property in L21 2QJ 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=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Sefton 032E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **£224,289 average price**: For the whole of Sefton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **6 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L21 2QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **Low road and rail noise at L21 2QJ**: Road 54 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **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=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ
- **18.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/english-martyrs-catholic-primary-school-e104931) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, October 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rimrose-hope-cofe-primary-school-e134371) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-star-of-the-sea-catholic-primary-school-e104929) | Primary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2024 | 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Educ8 Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/school/educ8-liverpool-e148931) | Special | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Philip's Church of England Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-philips-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school-e104898) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-elizabeths-catholic-primary-school-e104932) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [King's Lander Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-lander-primary-academy-e150852) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-robert-bellarmine-catholic-primary-school-e104906) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2025 | £130,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| December 2025 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2024 | £175,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2024 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £155,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 170 m |
| March 2024 | £135,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| December 2025 | £143,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| May 2024 | £167,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Seaforth and Litherland (370 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BRIDGE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (180 m); 15 SEFTON ROAD (280 m); LITHERLAND PRACTICE (400 m); LITHERLAND PRIMARY CARE WALK-IN SERVICE (400 m); SEAFORTH VILLAGE SURGERY (460 m)
- Pharmacies: BRIDGE ROAD CHEMIST (180 m); BOOTS (200 m); ROWLANDS PHARMACY (930 m)
- Dental practices: SEFTON ROAD DENTAL SURGERY (280 m); LITHERLAND TOWN HALL (400 m); TOOTH TALK LIVERPOOL (510 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Litherland (210 m, Spar); Tesco Litherland Superstore (310 m, Tesco); Lidl Wellington Road Bootle Liverpool (350 m, Lidl); Tesco Sefton Express (850 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £224,289** (July 2026). Sefton’s average house price was £224,289 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,937** (2025). Full-time workers living in Sefton earned a median of £36,937 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 120th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.1×** (2025). A home in Sefton costs 6.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 103rd 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: 25.1** (2025). Sefton has a deprivation score of 25.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 80th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sefton 032E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 36.0** (2025). Sefton 032E has a deprivation score of 36.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,778th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £162,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sefton 032E was £162,500 in 2025. Joint 3,280th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,077** (2021). Sefton 032E had 2,077 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,202nd most 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In Sefton 032E, 98.8% 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.

## L21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £178,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L21 was £178,500 in 2025. Joint 230th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,470** (2021). L21 had 25,470 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,146th 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 L21 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: 98.6%** (January 2026). In L21, 98.6% 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: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton)
- Centre: 53.4691, -3.0026

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

## Your MP

- [Bootle](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bootle): Peter Dowd (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=-3.0026,53.4691,L212QJ

## How to cite

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