Property market
The five-year median is £346,000 from 1,382 recorded sales in CH48. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wirral is £215,575 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.
CH48
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 628
- Current units
- 502
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 126
Postcode sectors in CH48
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,462 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 32, South Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3HQ | 24 July 2026 | £317,000 |
| 23, Flat 4, Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 0QX | 17 July 2026 | £185,000 |
| Ardrossan, 4, Croft Drive East, Wirral, CH48 1LR | 10 July 2026 | £1,600,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 235
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 98
- Anti social behaviour 33
- Public order 26
- Criminal damage and arson 21
- Burglary 19
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CH48 usual residents
- 14,930
- Age-profile population
- 14,849
Age bands in CH48
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.5%
- 2,296 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.9%
- 1,322 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.7%
- 2,631 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- 4,370 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 28.5%
- 4,230 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 495 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 463 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 418 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
MARINE LAKE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MARINE LAKE HEALTH & WELLBEING CTR, ORRYSDALE ROAD, WEST KIRBY, WIRRAL, CH48 5AA
ODS code N85002
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
235 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 98 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.