Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 12 secondary schools. Melling Primary School is the nearest published school at 846 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
L31 1HB
Aintree & Maghull South · Sefton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Postcode district
- L31
- Postcode sector
- L31 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- L31 1HB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- 1 February 2026
- Postcode area
- L
- Postcode district
- L31
- Postcode sector
- L31 1
- Latitude
- 53.485023
- Longitude
- -2.919878
- British National Grid easting
- 339,057
- British National Grid northing
- 399,093
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Sefton · E08000014
- Electoral ward
- Aintree & Maghull South · E05016326
- Parish or community
- E04000034
- Westminster constituency
- Sefton Central · E14001463
- Output area
- E00035691
- Lower layer super output area
- Sefton 026A · E01007039
- Middle layer super output area
- Sefton 026 · E02001454
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 L31
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 75
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 12
- 846 m
Melling Primary School
Community school
- 925 m
Westvale Primary School
Community school
- 1.1 km
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,060
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 563
- Criminal damage and arson 120
- Public order 83
- Drugs 64
- Other theft 58
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- L31 1 residents
- 4,971
Age bands in L31 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 15%
979 residents
617 residents
1,485 residents
1,548 residents
817 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
23
within 5 km straight-line
WESTMORELAND GP CENTRE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE, FAZAKERLEY, LIVERPOOL, L9 7AL
ODS code N82037
2.2 km
THE MACMILLAN SURGERY
ST. CHADS WALK IN CENTRE, ST. CHADS DRIVE, LIVERPOOL, L32 8RE
ODS code N83601
2.4 km
MILLBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
SOUTHDENE PCRC, BEWLEY DRIVE, KIRKBY, LIVERPOOL, L32 9PF
ODS code N83032
2.4 km
DR MAASSARANI & PARTNERS
EBONY WAY, KIRKBY, LIVERPOOL, L33 1XT
ODS code N83608
2.5 km
ST. LAURENCE'S MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEESIDE AVENUE, LIVERPOOL, L32 9QU
ODS code N83033
2.7 km
POULTER ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
34 POULTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 0HJ
ODS code N82648
3.0 km
WINGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
79 BIGDALE DRIVE, KIRKBY, LIVERPOOL, L33 6YJ
ODS code N83009
3.0 km
GILLMOSS MEDICAL CENTRE
48 PETHERICK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L11 0AG
ODS code N82087
3.2 km
LONG LANE
LONG LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, LONG LANE, WALTON, LIVERPOOL, L9 6DQ
ODS code N82110
3.2 km
MOSS WAY
51 MOSS WAY, LIVERPOOL, L11 0BL
ODS code N82655
3.4 km
GLOVERS LANE SURGERY
GLOVERS LANE, BOOTLE, L30 5TA
ODS code N84004
3.5 km
NETHERTON SURGERY
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, MAGDALEN SQUARE, BOOTLE, L30 5SP
ODS code N84630
3.5 km
MAGHULL FAMILY SURGERY
MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code N84010
3.8 km
MAGHULL PRACTICE
MAGHULL HEALTH CENTRE, WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code Y00446
3.8 km
WESTWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTWAY, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 0DJ
ODS code N84025
3.8 km
ORRELL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
TRINITY CHURCH, ORRELL LANE, LIVERPOOL, L9 8BU
ODS code N84027
3.8 km
STOPGATE LANE MEDICAL CTR
6 STOPGATE LANE, WALTON, LIVERPOOL, L9 6AP
ODS code N82678
3.9 km
AINTREE PARK GROUP PRACTICE
46 MOSS LANE, ORRELL PARK, LIVERPOOL, L9 8AL
ODS code N82053
4.0 km
JUBILEE MEDICAL CENTRE
52-54 CROXTETH HALL LANE, CROXTETH, LIVERPOOL, L11 4UG
ODS code N82083
4.2 km
HIGH PASTURES SURGERY
138 LIVERPOOL ROAD NORTH, MAGHULL, LIVERPOOL, L31 2HW
ODS code N84003
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Ledsons Grove
BCT · Melling
- 0.0 miles
Ledsons Grove
BCT · Melling
- 0.2 miles
Brewery Lane
BCT · Melling
- 0.2 miles
Brewery Lane
BCT · Melling
- 0.2 miles
Satinwood Crescent
BCT · Waddicar
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 026A, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,766 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
1,060 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 563 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.