L21 8LY

Litherland · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Bootle
Postcode district
L21
Postcode sector
L21 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L21 8LZ 65 m
L21 8NA 88 m
L21 8PH 97 m
L21 8LF 99 m
L21 8PQ 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L21 8LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L21
Postcode sector
L21 8
Latitude
53.466190
Longitude
-2.997410
British National Grid easting
333,883
British National Grid northing
397,067

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E43000168
Westminster constituency
Bootle · E14001113
Output area
E00035549
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 034D · E01007016
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 034 · E02001462

Postcode source versions

Explore L21

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Ismay Road, Liverpool, L21 8LY 17 April 2025 £74,800
17, Ismay Road, Liverpool, L21 8LY 17 October 2022 £100,000
20, Ismay Road, Liverpool, L21 8LY 17 June 2021 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
95
Primary
61
Secondary
12
  1. St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    389 m
  2. King's Lander Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    455 m
  3. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    567 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,877
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,243
  • Criminal damage and arson 504
  • Public order 430
  • Anti social behaviour 324
  • Shoplifting 317

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

16 female, 14 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.5
L21 8 residents
3,521

Age bands in L21 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

700 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

374 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.4%

1,128 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

965 residents

Age 65 and over
14.5%

538 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L21 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

40

within 5 km

  • BRIDGE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    66-88 BRIDGE ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 6PH

    ODS code N84023

    322 m

  • 15 SEFTON ROAD

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 15 SEFTON ROAD, LITHERLAND, LIVERPOOL, L21 9HA

    ODS code N84035

    598 m

  • SEAFORTH VILLAGE SURGERY

    20 SEAFORTH ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 3TA

    ODS code N84043

    635 m

  • LITHERLAND PRACTICE

    LITHERLAND TOWN HALL H/C, HATTON HILL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 9JN

    ODS code N84605

    810 m

  • LITHERLAND PRIMARY CARE WALK-IN SERVICE

    HATTON HILL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L21 9JN

    ODS code Y02514

    810 m

  • NORTH PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    290 KNOWSLEY ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 5DQ

    ODS code N84019

    871 m

  • MOORE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    77 MOORE STREET, BOOTLE, L20 4SE

    ODS code N84016

    897 m

  • RAWSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    138 RAWSON ROAD, SEAFORTH, LIVERPOOL, L21 1HP

    ODS code N84615

    1.3 km

  • THE STRAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 MARSH LANE, BOOTLE, L20 5BW

    ODS code N84028

    1.4 km

  • AINTREE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 AINTREE ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 9DL

    ODS code N84002

    1.5 km

  • FORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    93 GORSEY LANE, FORD, LIVERPOOL, L21 0DF

    ODS code N84029

    1.7 km

  • PARK STREET SURGERY

    PARK STREET, BOOTLE, L20 3DF

    ODS code N84034

    1.9 km

  • BOOTLE VILLAGE SURGERY

    204 STANLEY ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 3EW

    ODS code N84015

    1.9 km

  • AINTREE PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    46 MOSS LANE, ORRELL PARK, LIVERPOOL, L9 8AL

    ODS code N82053

    2.0 km

  • CONCEPT HOUSE SURGERY

    17 MERTON ROAD, BOOTLE, L20 3BG

    ODS code N84038

    2.1 km

  • 42 KINGSWAY

    KINGSWAY, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4RQ

    ODS code N84001

    2.2 km

  • KINGSWAY SURGERY

    30 KINGSWAY, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4RQ

    ODS code N84041

    2.2 km

  • ORRELL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    TRINITY CHURCH, ORRELL LANE, LIVERPOOL, L9 8BU

    ODS code N84027

    2.3 km

  • EASTVIEW SURGERY

    81-83 CROSBY ROAD NORTH, WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL, L22 4QD

    ODS code N84011

    2.4 km

  • THE GREY ROAD SURGERY

    3 RICE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L9 1AD

    ODS code N82097

    2.8 km

Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Scarisbrick Avenue

    BCT · Linacre

    0.1 miles
  • Bowden Street

    BCT · Linacre

    0.2 miles
  • Linacre Road

    TXR · Linacre

    0.2 miles
  • Linacre Road

    BCT · Linacre

    0.2 miles
  • Hartwell Street

    BCT · Linacre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 034D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,083 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
11
Medium risk addresses
8
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £87,400 from 2 recorded sales in L21 8LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Sefton is £225,433 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.

Schools

95 open schools are in scope, including 61 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 389 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,877 published events cover 12 months, averaging 406.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,243 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.