Tuebrook
Liverpool 020 · 6 sub-areas · 9,292 residents
Liverpool 020 is a residential neighbourhood within Liverpool, home to around 9,300 people. A typical two-bedroom property lets for roughly £820 a month — well below the UK national median for a two-bed and reflecting the area's position among Liverpool's more affordable corners. Rents rose around 6% last year, so it's moving, but the starting point remains low.
Tuebrook is a mid-density neighbourhood of Liverpool in the North West region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Overview
What's it like to live in Tuebrook?
2 parks and 5 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £893 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Tuebrook in Liverpool
Living in Tuebrook
Liverpool 020 sits in one of the more affordable parts of a city that's already cheap by national standards. With a median monthly rent of around £890 across all property sizes, you're paying noticeably less than you would in most major English cities — and considerably less than comparable neighbourhoods in the South. That affordability does come with a context worth understanding: the area scores in the bottom two IMD deciles nationally, meaning it ranks among the most deprived neighbourhoods in England on combined measures of income, employment, and services.
The cost picture is genuinely striking. A one-bed comes in around £670 a month, a two-bed around £820, and even a three-bed sits just under £940. Those figures represent real savings against the UK norm — a two-bed here is roughly a third cheaper than the national median of around £1,200. Council tax for a Band D property runs to about £2,670 a year, which is on the higher side for a deprived area but not unusual for Liverpool. The median home sale price is around £134,000, and the typical deposit takes only about 2.2 years to save on a local salary — one of the more accessible ownership ladders in the country.
About half of residents here own their home, with private renters making up just over a third and social renters around 16%. It's a mixed-tenure area without a dominant landlord class. Single-person households account for more than a third of all homes — higher than you'd expect in a family-suburban area — and couples with children make up only around one in eight households. The age spread is fairly even across all adult cohorts, with under-18s at around one in five residents.
On the employment side, around 5.6% of working-age residents are on the claimant count, above the national average, which tracks with the deprivation profile. Median resident salary sits at roughly £31,000 a year, with workplace salaries in the area marginally higher at around £33,600 — a modest gap suggesting some residents commute out for higher-paid roles. Almost half of residents travel to work by car; only around 17% use public transport. Just under a fifth work from home.
See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on how conditions vary within the neighbourhood.
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Frequently asked
- Is Liverpool 020 a nice place to live?
- It's affordable and has good broadband, but it ranks among the most deprived neighbourhoods in England on combined deprivation measures, and Ofsted ratings for nearby schools are well below the national average. Crime runs above the national rate. For many people the low rents justify the trade-offs, but it's worth visiting before committing.
- What is the rent in Liverpool 020?
- A typical one-bedroom property runs around £670 a month, a two-bedroom around £820, and a three-bedroom just under £940. Rents rose about 6.4% over the past year. These figures are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices.
- Is Liverpool 020 safe?
- The crime rate is around 113.5 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is noticeably above the UK national average of roughly 80 per 1,000. It's not the highest in Liverpool, but it's a genuine factor to weigh. Checking the specific street on police.uk before signing a tenancy is a good idea.
- What's the commute from Liverpool 020 to Liverpool city centre?
- Around 31 minutes to the nearest major employment hub by car or public transport. Nearly half of residents drive to work; only about 17% use public transport. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.5 km away.
- Who lives in Liverpool 020?
- A fairly even spread across age groups, with single-person households making up over a third of all homes. About half of residents own their property. The area is relatively homogeneous, with around 85% UK-born, and the degree-qualified share of around 25% sits below Liverpool's more affluent neighbourhoods.
- What schools are near Liverpool 020?
- There are 171 schools within 2 km, but only around 33% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding school is approximately 1.4 km away. It's worth checking individual Ofsted reports rather than assuming proximity to a good school.
- Is Liverpool 020 affordable to buy in?
- Yes — the median sale price is around £134,000, and on a typical local salary a deposit takes about 2.2 years to save. That's one of the more accessible ownership pipelines anywhere in England. The low price reflects the area's deprivation profile, but for buyers it represents genuine value.