What's the median rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

The median monthly rent across Kirkby South West & Field Lane is £805.

How well-connected is Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

There are 14 schools within 2 km of Kirkby South West & Field Lane, of which 31% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3562 m away.

What is the council tax band in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

The most common council tax band in Kirkby South West & Field Lane is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,746. Council tax is set by Knowsley council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to central London is approximately 156 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

100% of premises in Kirkby South West & Field Lane are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

Kirkby South West & Field Lane sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

52% of households in Kirkby South West & Field Lane are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

The average property price across Knowsley (the local authority covering Kirkby South West & Field Lane) is approximately £190,658, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Kirkby South West & Field Lane a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.43 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £32,542.)

Which local areas are part of Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

Kirkby South West & Field Lane contains 6 local areas: Knowsley 004A, Knowsley 004B, Knowsley 004C, Knowsley 004E, Knowsley 004D…

What is the average rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

The estimated median monthly rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane is £805. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Kirkby South West & Field Lane a safe place to live?

Kirkby South West & Field Lane has a safety score of 51/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

31% of schools within 2 km of Kirkby South West & Field Lane are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

Public-transport commute time from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to central London is approximately 156 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Kirkby South West & Field Lane different from the rest of Knowsley?

Kirkby South West & Field Lane contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Kirkby South West & Field Lane rank in Knowsley?

Kirkby South West & Field Lane scores 97/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Knowsley, see the Cities table on the Knowsley page.

Neighbourhood · Knowsley · North West

Kirkby South West & Field Lane

Knowsley 004 · 6 sub-areas · 9,649 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (79/100)Watch-out: Families (52/100)Liveability 97/100 · Best 5% nationallyCommuter neighbourhood

Kirkby South West & Field Lane is a commuter neighbourhood within Knowsley — train into Liverpool runs in around 21 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£805+3.8%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

100.4

Above median

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

21 min

Direct to Liverpool

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

31%

14 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

97/100

Best 5% nationally

Population

9,649

6 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

A snapshot of Kirkby South West & Field Lane

3 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £805 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Kirkby South West & Field Lane in Knowsley

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £805 a month — 27% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£805/mo

Up 3.8% on last year

−£295 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£950/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,746/yr · £145/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

2.1 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−57% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £720/mo · £360/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£565/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£720/mo£360/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£871/mo£290/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,250/mo£313/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£651/mo

Terraced house£820/mo

Semi-detached£872/mo

Detached house£1,204/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

36%

of take-home

£805/mo per person · take-home £2,246/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

16%

of take-home

£360/mo per person · take-home £2,246/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

13%

of take-home

£290/mo per person · take-home £2,246/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

18%

of take-home

£403/mo per person · take-home £2,246/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£742/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£141,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£190,6580.2% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£742/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)6.1%

Years to save 10% deposit2.1 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,488/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,488/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,746/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B11%

Households in fuel poverty11.1%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

Safety scores 51/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running in line with the national average (100.4 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

100.4

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 12 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

51/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

2/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

48.5 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

6.3 /1k

Public order

11.2 /1k

Vehicle crime

1.5 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

8.5 /1k

Burglary

1.9 /1k

Other theft

4.7 /1k

Shoplifting

7.2 /1k

Drugs

8.2 /1k

Theft from the person

1.7 /1k

Possession of weapons

2.8 /1k

Robbery

1.3 /1k

Bicycle theft

1.3 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Kirkby South West & Field Lane

Strong transport links — 77/100; nearest rail station is Kirkby at around 1235 m; 20 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Liverpool is reachable in 21 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

77/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

21 min

Direct to Liverpool

WFH share

18%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Kirkby

1.2 km walk · 21 min to Liverpool

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Liverpool in 21 min

Londonapprox

156 min

Manchesterapprox

56 min

Birminghamapprox

120 min

Leedsapprox

108 min

Liverpoolapprox

21 min

Bristolapprox

261 min

Sheffieldapprox

122 min

Edinburghapprox

203 min

Glasgowapprox

197 min

Cardiffapprox

223 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)18% work from home

Drive55%Public transport13%Walk / cycle9%Work from home18%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Kirkby South West & Field Lane

14 schools within a 2 km radius; around 31% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School, is around 3467 m away.

School scoreHow? →

54/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

4 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

31%

Of all schools within 2 km

−39.2 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School

3.5 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Westvale Primary School	Community School	Requires improvement	798 m
Kirkby High School	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	993 m
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Requires improvement	1.1 km
Dixons Fazakerley Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Requires improvement	1.2 km
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	1.3 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Kirkby South West & Field Lane?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs1≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks3≤ 500 m
Playgrounds0≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)20≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)20≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Kirkby South West & Field Lane right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

52/100

Mixed

Schools (31% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

67/100

Good fit

Transport scores 77/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

79/100

Great fit

Liveability 97/100, safety 51/100 and median rent at £805/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

59/100

Mixed

Healthcare proximity, greenspace and the over-65 share fall below what most retirees prioritise here.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

64/100

Good fit

Gross yield 6.1%, capital growth +0.2% YoY, 21% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

72/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is decent (21% PRS), 34% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: 19% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1823%18–3423%35–4917%50–6421%65+14%

Tenure

Owned52%Private rent21%Social rent25%

Households

One person34%Couple with children13%Lone parent22%Other5%

Property types

Flat9%Terraced41%Semi-detached38%Detached5%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 7/100

Ethnic group

White96%Asian1%Black1%Mixed2%Other1%

Country of birth

UK-born94%Born outside UK6%

Religion

Christian68%Muslim1%No religion26%Other1%

Education and health19% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)19.1%−14.4 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications30.6%

Self-rated good or very good health75.5%

Self-rated bad or very bad health9.9%

Disabled (Equality Act)23.9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.43 jobs per resident); median resident salary £32,542/year; 4.3% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£32,542/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

7.6%

ONS ILO method — 60% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

70,000

0.43 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 7.6% · 60% economically active · 40% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 7.6% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed55%Unemployed5%Inactive40%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 4.3% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Health & social

Health & social

21.4%

Retail & hospitality

17.5%

Education

7.5%

Manufacturing

15.4%

Professional

5.7%

Construction

6.1%

Tech & ICT

1.8%

Finance

0.3%

Net commute flow: +65,495 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Kirkby South West & Field Lane

6 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Knowsley 004A	£805	85	19	84	View →
Knowsley 004B	£805	98	54	52	View →
Knowsley 004C	£805	98	43	89	View →
Knowsley 004E	£805	98	49	77	View →
Knowsley 004D	£805	95	53	74	View →
Knowsley 004F	£805	97	56	78	View →

Postcodes covered

In Knowsley 004D

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In Knowsley 004F

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In Knowsley 004B

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In Knowsley 004A

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In Knowsley 004E

L32 0QY L32 0TZ L32 0XE L32 0XF L32 0XH L32 4AB L32 4AD L32 4AE L32 4AF L32 4AG L32 4AH L32 4AJ L32 4RY L32 4RZ L32 4SE L32 4SR L32 4SS L32 4ST L32 4SU L32 4SX L32 4SZ L32 4TA L32 4TB L32 4TD L32 4TE L32 4TF L32 4TG L32 4TH L32 4TQ L32 4TU L32 4TX L32 4TY L32 4TZ L32 4UA L32 4UB L32 4UD L32 4UE L32 4UF L32 4UG L32 4UH L32 4UJ L32 4UL L32 4UN L32 4UQ L32 4UR L32 4US L32 4UT L32 4UU L32 4UW L32 4UX L32 4UY L32 4WA L32 4WB L32 4WE L32 4XD L32 5AB

In Knowsley 004C

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What's the median rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: The median monthly rent across Kirkby South West & Field Lane is £805.
How safe is Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: There are 14 schools within 2 km of Kirkby South West & Field Lane, of which 31% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3562 m away.
What is the council tax band in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: The most common council tax band in Kirkby South West & Field Lane is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,746. Council tax is set by Knowsley council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to central London is approximately 156 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: 100% of premises in Kirkby South West & Field Lane are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: 52% of households in Kirkby South West & Field Lane are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: The average property price across Knowsley (the local authority covering Kirkby South West & Field Lane) is approximately £190,658, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Kirkby South West & Field Lane a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.43 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £32,542.)
Which local areas are part of Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane contains 6 local areas: Knowsley 004A, Knowsley 004B, Knowsley 004C, Knowsley 004E, Knowsley 004D…

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What is the average rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: The estimated median monthly rent in Kirkby South West & Field Lane is £805. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Kirkby South West & Field Lane a safe place to live?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane has a safety score of 51/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: 31% of schools within 2 km of Kirkby South West & Field Lane are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Kirkby South West & Field Lane?: Public-transport commute time from Kirkby South West & Field Lane to central London is approximately 156 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Kirkby South West & Field Lane different from the rest of Knowsley?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Kirkby South West & Field Lane rank in Knowsley?: Kirkby South West & Field Lane scores 97/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Knowsley, see the Cities table on the Knowsley page.

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