Vehicle barriers in Bootle (Sefton)

Bootle (Sefton) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63001310 in North West. ONS counted 53,720 usual residents and a median age of 39.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 17.2%, then Human health and social work activities at 16.4%, then Public administration and defence; compulsory social security at 10%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 43.1%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 31.2%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 19.5%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 6.3%. Tenure: Rented: social rented at 32.4%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 24.6%, then Owned: owns outright at 23.8%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 19.2%.

The largest occupation group is Elementary occupations at 13.8% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 52.8% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Bramhall, Bredbury and Woodley, Brierfield.