"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity,
to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope
for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources,
of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life.
But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education,
on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained
by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke,
Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.
This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Wirral.
Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty
Poverty index
This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity
by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1.
A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.
Bebington
0.373Bidston and St James
0.373Birkenhead and Tranmere
0.373Bromborough
0.373Clatterbridge
0.373Claughton
0.373Eastham
0.373Greasby, Frankby and Irby
0.373Heswall
0.373Hoylake and Meols
0.373Leasowe and Moreton East
0.373Liscard
0.373Moreton West and Saughall Massie
0.373New Brighton
0.373Oxton
0.373Pensby and Thingwall
0.373Prenton
0.373Rock Ferry
0.373Seacombe
0.373Upton
0.373Wallasey
0.373West Kirby and Thurstaston
0.373
In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that
we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those
places, however.
How we calculate the index
The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall
somewhere in between.
We create an average index across 6 metrics
economic inactivity
unemployment
mean weekly wage
median weekly wage
claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64
proportion of households that are fuel poor
This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.
Key indicators
The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Wirral.
This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different
areas in Wirral.
In Wirral 22426
of 146234 households are in fuel poverty.
Bebington
12.3% of households are fuel poorBidston and St James
19.0% of households are fuel poorBirkenhead and Tranmere
29.8% of households are fuel poorBromborough
15.9% of households are fuel poorClatterbridge
10.1% of households are fuel poorClaughton
16.9% of households are fuel poorEastham
10.1% of households are fuel poorGreasby, Frankby and Irby
8.1% of households are fuel poorHeswall
10.0% of households are fuel poorHoylake and Meols
12.1% of households are fuel poorLeasowe and Moreton East
13.2% of households are fuel poorLiscard
22.3% of households are fuel poorMoreton West and Saughall Massie
10.8% of households are fuel poorNew Brighton
18.2% of households are fuel poorOxton
11.8% of households are fuel poorPensby and Thingwall
10.3% of households are fuel poorPrenton
14.5% of households are fuel poorRock Ferry
24.2% of households are fuel poorSeacombe
26.7% of households are fuel poorUpton
11.8% of households are fuel poorWallasey
11.4% of households are fuel poorWest Kirby and Thurstaston
10.8% of households are fuel poor
Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Wirral.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household
income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Wirral.
Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".
This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Wirral.
Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on
average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.
0121518212427369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%)
All: 16.6Median gap (%)
Full-Time: 12.9Median gap (%)
Part-Time: 13.5Mean gap (%)
All: 15.7Mean gap (%)
Full-Time: 12.2Mean gap (%)
Part-Time: 24.2Go to the start of bar chart
People in low income households by ethnic group
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Wirral.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.
This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size
and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are
unlikely to be reliable.
This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Wirral.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.