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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001333

Prescot

Prescot is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,467 residents in Knowsley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Knowsley
9,467

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,409

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,453.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.4%

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.

Garston, Liverpool6,459 residents · 47.2% owned · 39.9% no carPontefract North West, Wakefield9,207 residents · 50.9% owned · 30.2% no carWillington Quay, North Tyneside7,643 residents · 41.8% owned · 41.3% no carBlaydon South, Gateshead8,037 residents · 48.1% owned · 35.3% no carWavertree East, Liverpool7,374 residents · 52.5% owned · 37.5% no carWigan South, Wigan9,029 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.8% no car

Most similar within Knowsley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Huyton East, Knowsley7,499 residents · 50.3% owned · 37.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Prescot

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

Tenure

Owned49.5%
2,182 households
Social rented28.1%
1,241 households
Private rented21.5%
950 households
Shared ownership0.6%
26 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.4%
1,561 households
Terraced28%
1,235 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.4%
900 households
Detached12.2%
536 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%
75 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
37 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
1,750 households
No cars or vans in household36.1%
1,591 households
2 cars or vans in household20.7%
911 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
159 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.8%
2,019 households
2 bedrooms33.2%
1,465 households
4 or more bedrooms12.2%
538 households
1 bedroom8.8%
389 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.2%
2,569 households
One-person household38.3%
1,689 households
Other household types3.5%
154 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.3%
1,689 households
2 people in household31%
1,368 households
3 people in household16.7%
736 households
4 people in household9.5%
420 households
5 people in household3.3%
144 households
6 people in household0.9%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,686 residents
15–2919%
1,800 residents
30–4421.3%
2,016 residents
45–6425.7%
2,436 residents
65 and over16.1%
1,527 residents
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
8,899 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
264 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
153 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
47 residents
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.4%
2,027 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.5%
1,881 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,381 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,096 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
786 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
349 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,502 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
3,062 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.3%
1,176 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.7%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
573 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
379 residents aged 16 and over
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,253 residents
Good health31.1%
2,940 residents
Fair health14.9%
1,408 residents
Bad health6.9%
657 residents
Very bad health2.2%
209 residents
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.1%
7,208 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.9%
2,259 residents
Prescot · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.2%
1,818 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.9%
1,360 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
874 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%
339 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
17 households
Prescot · 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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