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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001398

St Michael's & Otterspool

St Michael's & Otterspool is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,453 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool
7,453

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,530

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,260

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.0%

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.

Sherwood Vale, Nottingham7,714 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.5% no carEccles, Salford11,752 residents · 54.4% owned · 31.0% no carTruro South & Central, Cornwall6,968 residents · 56.4% owned · 27.9% no carTown Close, Norwich10,939 residents · 43.3% owned · 37.3% no carUrmston East, Trafford7,247 residents · 62.0% owned · 25.3% no carTynemouth Priory, North Tyneside6,153 residents · 61.6% owned · 27.0% no car

Most similar within Liverpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mossley Hill West & Sefton Park, Liverpool8,644 residents · 44.8% owned · 34.8% no carDingle, Liverpool7,667 residents · 45.4% owned · 41.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Michael's & Otterspool

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

Tenure

Owned54.3%
1,916 households
Private rented25.3%
893 households
Social rented19.7%
694 households
Shared ownership0.8%
27 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced32.9%
1,159 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.8%
946 households
Semi-detached14.9%
525 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.3%
435 households
Detached10.9%
386 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.1%
1,628 households
No cars or vans in household32.8%
1,156 households
2 cars or vans in household17.5%
619 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
125 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.1%
1,167 households
2 bedrooms28.8%
1,016 households
4 or more bedrooms20.5%
723 households
1 bedroom17.6%
622 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.5%
1,746 households
One-person household43.5%
1,533 households
Other household types7.1%
249 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.5%
1,533 households
2 people in household31.4%
1,107 households
3 people in household12.5%
441 households
4 people in household8.7%
307 households
5 people in household2.9%
104 households
6 people in household0.8%
27 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.1%
903 residents
15–2921.7%
1,618 residents
30–4423.4%
1,747 residents
45–6424.4%
1,821 residents
65 and over18.3%
1,366 residents
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86%
6,413 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
369 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
327 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
177 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
170 residents
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47%
3,050 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15%
974 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.6%
623 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.3%
412 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.8%
3,751 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.9%
2,523 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
217 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,533 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,101 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.8%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
669 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.1%
588 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
573 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.8%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.1%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
229 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.5%
3,689 residents
Good health30.7%
2,287 residents
Fair health13.4%
998 residents
Bad health4.9%
364 residents
Very bad health1.5%
115 residents
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.8%
5,873 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.2%
1,580 residents
St Michael's & Otterspool · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50%
1,763 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,118 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.8%
486 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
154 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
St Michael's & Otterspool · 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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