Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:42 am – 9:43 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 29 min8:24 am – 3:53 pm
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People8,232 residentsin the Whiston North census areaMedian age 41.13,455 households73% of homes owner-occupied34% owned outright10% social rented, 17% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.5% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 4,218 in work, 20% retiredMain industries: health and social work 25%, retail and wholesale 15%, manufacturing 9%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 57% go by car, 5% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle66% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher18% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C913 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October33 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesStadt Moers Country Parkpark · under a mile · 87 haThe Henley Memorial Parkpark · under a mile · 2 haWhitestone Millennium Greenpark · under a mileBlundell's Hill Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 50 haPrescot Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 3 haKing George V Memorial Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes177 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197018 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 19767 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202526 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 15 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,628 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation60 m197 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 33 to 80 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWhiston Hospitalunder a mileGP surgerySt Helens & Knowsley Ld41 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyNeil's Pharmacy15 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi30 schools21 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 3 special, 1 nurseryPrimarySt Luke's Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 213 pupilsright herePrimaryWhiston Willis Primary Academyages 3-11, 419 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySaint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academyages 11-16, 730 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCarmel College1.9 miUniversityLiverpool Hope University4.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL6.2 miRailway stationWhistonunder a mileBus stationPrescot Bus Station1.0 miFerryGerry Marsden Ferry TerminalLiverpool8.5 miBus stops170 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the L35 postcode district.
