Schools
101 open schools are in scope, including 63 primary and 14 secondary schools. Birkenhead School is the nearest published school at 381 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CH43 9TR
Oxton · Wirral · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Oxton
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Postcode district
- CH43
- Postcode sector
- CH43 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CH43 9TR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2001
- Postcode area
- CH
- Postcode district
- CH43
- Postcode sector
- CH43 9
- Latitude
- 53.382963
- Longitude
- -3.059932
- British National Grid easting
- 329,595
- British National Grid northing
- 387,868
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Wirral · E08000015
- Electoral ward
- Oxton · E05000968
- Parish or community
- E43000169
- Westminster constituency
- Birkenhead · E14001091
- Output area
- E00036698
- Lower layer super output area
- Wirral 020D · E01007241
- Middle layer super output area
- Wirral 020 · E02001486
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CH43
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 101
- Primary
- 63
- Secondary
- 14
- 381 m
Birkenhead School
Other independent school
- 691 m
Townfield Primary School
Academy converter
- 846 m
Birkenhead High School Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,664
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 746
- Public order 161
- Anti social behaviour 153
- Criminal damage and arson 137
- Shoplifting 100
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CH43 9 residents
- 7,876
Age bands in CH43 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.5%
1,384 residents
917 residents
1,555 residents
2,094 residents
1,534 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
33
within 5 km straight-line
HOLMLANDS MED CTR
16-20 HOLMLANDS DR, OXTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, PRENTON, CH43 0TX
ODS code N85022
1.1 km
PRENTON & WOODCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE
516-518 WOODCHURCH ROAD, PRENTON, BIRKENHEAD, WIRRAL, CH43 0TS
ODS code N85643
1.3 km
DEVANEY MED CTR
40 BALLS ROAD, OXTON, PRENTON, CH43 5RE
ODS code N85015
1.5 km
PAXTON MEDICAL GROUP
CLAUGHTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 161 PARK ROAD NORTH, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 0DD
ODS code N85044
1.6 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, 31 LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85017
1.9 km
MIRIAM PRIMARY CARE GROUP
BIRKENHEAD MEDICAL BUILDING, LAIRD STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 8DB
ODS code N85625
1.9 km
HEATHERLANDS MED CTR
396 NEW HEY ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 9DA
ODS code N85037
2.0 km
UPTON GROUP PRACTICE
32 FORD ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 0TF
ODS code N85013
2.0 km
WHETSTONE LANE MED CTR
44 WHETSTONE LANE, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 2TF
ODS code N85019
2.1 km
THE VILLA MEDICAL CENTRE
1-2 ROMAN ROAD, PRENTON, CH43 3DB
ODS code N85018
2.1 km
ST CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. CATHERINES HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 0LQ
ODS code N85020
2.2 km
VITTORIA MED CTR G
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85038
2.5 km
VITTORIA MED CTR K
VITTORIA STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 3RH
ODS code N85634
2.5 km
HAMILTON MED CTR
86 MARKET STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CH41 6AJ
ODS code N85021
3.0 km
GLADSTONE MED CTR
241-243 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, BIRKENHEAD, CH42 3TD
ODS code N85031
3.1 km
SOMERVILLE MED CTR
69 GORSEY LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 4AA
ODS code N85024
3.2 km
WEST WIRRAL GROUP PRACTICE
THE WARRENS MEDICAL CENTRE, ARROWE PARK ROAD, WIRRAL, CH49 5PL
ODS code N85008
3.4 km
CENTRAL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85027
3.8 km
LISCARD GROUP PRACTICE
VICTORIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL HC, MILL LANE, WALLASEY, CH44 5UF
ODS code N85616
3.8 km
MORETON MEDICAL CENTRE
27 UPTON ROAD, MORETON, WIRRAL, CH46 0PE
ODS code N85048
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 33 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Wexford Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.2 miles
Wexford Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.2 miles
Westminster Court
BCT · Oxton
- 0.2 miles
Budworth Road
BCT · Oxton
- 0.3 miles
Flatt Lane
BCT · Oxton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wirral 020D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,251 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,664 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 746 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.