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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001327

Kirkby North East

Kirkby North East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,422 residents in Knowsley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Knowsley
9,422

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,630

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,109.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough7,680 residents · 42.9% owned · 43.8% no carHardwick & Salters Lane, Stockton-on-Tees9,246 residents · 44.7% owned · 34.1% no carPark End, Middlesbrough6,386 residents · 37.4% owned · 45.0% no carLlanrumney North, Cardiff6,996 residents · 50.5% owned · 31.5% no carLittle Hulton South, Salford7,272 residents · 48.5% owned · 28.6% no carNewport & Maze Park, Middlesbrough6,835 residents · 52.0% owned · 33.5% no car

Most similar within Knowsley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Page Moss & Fincham, Knowsley6,595 residents · 39.6% owned · 45.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kirkby North East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned41%
1,490 households
Social rented40.5%
1,469 households
Private rented17.2%
626 households
Shared ownership0.8%
28 households
Lives rent free0.5%
17 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.7%
1,586 households
Semi-detached40.9%
1,484 households
Detached14.3%
519 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
0 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.3%
1,462 households
No cars or vans in household38.6%
1,401 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
652 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
113 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.7%
2,241 households
4 or more bedrooms18%
652 households
2 bedrooms17.4%
631 households
1 bedroom2.9%
106 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
2,551 households
One-person household22.5%
818 households
Other household types7.2%
261 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32%
1,161 households
1 person in household22.5%
818 households
3 people in household22%
799 households
4 people in household14.7%
532 households
5 people in household5.8%
211 households
6 people in household2%
74 households
7 people in household0.7%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.7%
2,328 residents
15–2920%
1,880 residents
30–4422.1%
2,084 residents
45–6421%
1,982 residents
65 and over12.1%
1,143 residents
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
9,014 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
175 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
96 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
75 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
61 residents
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications33.1%
2,301 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.2%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,025 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
336 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.5%
3,859 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,979 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.7%
1,370 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.6%
1,227 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.3%
997 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.6%
878 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
844 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
498 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
388 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.1%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.9%
4,510 residents
Good health28.7%
2,704 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,298 residents
Bad health7.6%
717 residents
Very bad health2%
193 residents
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.2%
7,184 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.8%
2,238 residents
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension34.5%
1,253 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,210 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
788 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.2%
369 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Kirkby North East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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