Living in Bootle

The population of Bootle totalled 53,720 in 2021. For Bootle, the regional median gross salary was €2,812 per month at the end of 2024. At the end of 2023, unemployment in Bootle reached 3.5%.

Last checked 2026-09-2635 sources

Population53,720people31 Dec 2021Official source · Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 — data

Median gross salary (region)2,812EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,096EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate3.5%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime7,552incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than 82% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Bootle?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Bootle.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Bootle. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack²⁰Official · national market
Dwellings	23,710 count	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,096 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁶Official · county

Is Bootle a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker41%strong on work, weak on safety · range 30–52%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–66%

Student38%strong on education, weak on work · range 28–48%

Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–72%

Retirement30%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 17–43%

Work and income

For Bootle, the employment rate was 56% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Bootle recorded 23,465.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Bootle is 3.5%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Bootle 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	93.26 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk³⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Employment rate	56 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Superfast broadband availability	98.44 %	Not stated	www.ofcom.org.uk³⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Median gross salary (regional)	2,812 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.5 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹²Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Bootle?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,233of €2,366 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,366
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,096
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,233

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Bootle Salary needed to live in Bootle

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Bootle. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Bootle. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	24 count	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Primary schools	13 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official
Schools	19 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Bootle's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	9 count	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bootle under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Bootle?

Police recorded about 7,552 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesBootle highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,552 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁹Official · county
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	5,555 per 100,000	Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Burglary per 100,000 residents	309 per 100,000	30 Apr 2026	data.police.uk all-crime polygon replay, filtered to Burglary³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure

Mobility and administration

Bootle's nearest airport was LPL, 18 km away and offered 48 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	48 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	18 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LPL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 levels for Bootle stood at 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Bootle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁶

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012.8WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂15.1WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Bootle is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Bootle 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	15.08 µg/m³country median 7.2	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁴Official
PM10 — annual mean	12.76 µg/m³country median 11.3	2025	official estimated total annual mean background concentration¹⁵Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.5 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 12.8 · May 15.9 · Jun 18.4 · Jul 20 · Aug 19.7 · Sep 17.7 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 5.6 · May 8.3 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 11.2 · Oct 8.5 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.2 · Feb 5.3 · Mar 6.9 · Apr 9.2 · May 12.1 · Jun 14.8 · Jul 16.7 · Aug 16.6 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 11.4 · Nov 8.1 · Dec 5.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 69.4 · Feb 57.1 · Mar 53.3 · Apr 49.8 · May 52.5 · Jun 64.4 · Jul 65.4 · Aug 72.1 · Sep 76.6 · Oct 89.7 · Nov 82.2 · Dec 91.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Blackpool ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±0.8 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.1 °C, Brugge (Belgium) ±0.8 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

At the end of 2021, the median age reached 45 years.

How many people live in Bootle?

The published population was 53,720 people in 2021. Source: Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 — data²¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	13.05 km²	Dec 2022	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
City area	13.05 km²	Dec 2022	Exact 2022 Built Up Area polygon area for BUA22CD in EPSG:27700, converted from square metres to km2.⁷Official
Foreign residents	4,175 people	21 Mar 2021	Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts.⁸Official
GP practices per 10,000 residents	1.68 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	NHS ODS GP Practices report + ONSPD Live postcode coordinates⁹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Schools per 10,000 residents	4.47 per 10,000 people	7 Jul 2026	DfE Get Information About Schools all establishments extract⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Population density	4,116 people/km²	21 Mar 2021	www.ons.gov.uk⁸Official · built-up-area figure
Population	53,720 people	31 Dec 2021	Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 — data²¹Official

International community in Bootle

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	47,725	95.0%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	1,345	2.7%
Europe: EU countries	1,145	2.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Owner-occupied homes	48.4 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents born abroad	7.8 %	21 Mar 2021	ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley⁸Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · built-up-area figure
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	34.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Workers aged 16 and over	23,465 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Median age	45 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Bootle

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Crewe as a Bootle alternative in the same region

54 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 2.7% Crewe vs 3.5% Bootle−23%
Median gross pay, region: €3,320 Crewe vs €2,812 Bootle+18%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,099 Crewe vs 7,552 Bootle−19%
Residents: 74,120 Crewe vs 53,720 Bootle+38%
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Crewe vs 9.0 µg/m³ Bootlesame level

Full comparison More about Crewe

Banbury as a Bootle alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 190 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Median gross pay, region: €3,452 Banbury vs €2,812 Bootle+23%
Unemployment: 2.6% Banbury vs 3.5% Bootle−26%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,369 Banbury vs 7,552 Bootle−16%
Residents: 52,045 Banbury vs 53,720 Bootle−3%

Full comparison More about Banbury

Cities near Bootle

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Liverpool Commuting Zone · 4.8 km away

Salary: 3,738 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Bootle, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Carlton (Gedling)53,555 residents Clacton-on-Sea53,200 residents Macclesfield54,345 residents Sittingbourne54,390 residents Wellingborough54,425 residents Hamilton54,480 residents

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Is Bootle part of Liverpool?

Bootle is in the published commuting zone of Liverpool; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Liverpool city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source²²

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Bootle?

The published population was 53,720 people in 2021. Source: Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 — data.

Is the air quality good in Bootle?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Bootle?

What is the typical salary around Bootle?

The median gross salary is 2,812 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

How many foreign residents live in Bootle?

4,175 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact BUA non-UK-born population derived as the sum of the published Europe: EU countries and Non-EU countries (including British Overseas) counts..

Is Bootle a good place to live?

Bootle may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Bootle part of Liverpool?

Bootle is in the published commuting zone of Liverpool; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Bootle?

Liverpool, Fazakerley, Crosby (Sefton), Wallasey, West Derby are near Bootle. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Bootle?

The official country of birth distribution records 47,725 people (95.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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