Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:43 am – 9:44 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 30 min8:25 am – 3:55 pm
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People6,730 residentsin the Woodchurch census areaMedian age 39.63,032 households45% of homes owner-occupied24% owned outright36% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.8% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,726 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: health and social work 26%, retail and wholesale 16%, construction 8%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 60% go by car, 10% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle82% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 14°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C783 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October16 days of air frost, 5 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 spacesArrowepark · under a mile · 99 haUpton Meadowpark · under a mile · 16 haBidston Hillpark · 1.4 mi · 49 haArrowe Park Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 56 haWoodchurch Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 7 haCoronation Parkplaying field · 1.0 mi · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes169 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197617 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202533 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 7.8 · PM2.5 5.9 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% 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)3,191 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation21 m69 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 8 to 57 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalArrowe Park Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryWoodchurch Medical Centre18 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyLees's Pharmacy LTD14 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistWoodchurch Dental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi38 schools23 primary, 4 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 independent, 6 special, 1 nursery, 1 sixth form, 1 otherPrimaryFender Primary Schoolages 4-11, 275 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWoodchurch CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 157 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWoodchurch High Schoolages 11-16, 1,399 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWirral Metropolitan College2.9 miUniversityLiverpool Institute of Performing Arts4.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL10 miRailway stationUptonunder a mileBus stationBirkenhead Bus Station2.8 miFerryBirkenhead Ferry TerminalWoodside3.2 miBus stops101 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CH49 postcode district.
