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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001405

Speke East

Speke East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,909 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool
9,909

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,249

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,643.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.8%

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.

Page Moss & Fincham, Knowsley6,595 residents · 39.6% owned · 45.0% no carStockbridge Village, Knowsley7,566 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.2% no carBidston Hill, Wirral7,697 residents · 29.2% owned · 44.4% no carHuyton East, Knowsley7,499 residents · 50.3% owned · 37.1% no carBroad Oak, St. Helens6,429 residents · 43.8% owned · 33.6% no carHough Green, Halton7,312 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.3% no car

Most similar within Liverpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Yewtree, Liverpool7,895 residents · 41.8% owned · 41.5% no carFazakerley South, Liverpool8,996 residents · 40.7% owned · 41.0% no carNetherley, Liverpool5,991 residents · 48.4% owned · 39.7% no carWalton East, Liverpool7,916 residents · 47.7% owned · 38.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Speke East

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

Tenure

Social rented51.9%
2,204 households
Owned32.3%
1,372 households
Private rented14.9%
631 households
Shared ownership0.9%
40 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced58%
2,465 households
Semi-detached27.1%
1,152 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.7%
412 households
Detached4.6%
196 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.7%
1,898 households
1 car or van in household42.1%
1,787 households
2 cars or vans in household11.5%
490 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.7%
74 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.1%
2,470 households
2 bedrooms25.2%
1,069 households
1 bedroom10.3%
438 households
4 or more bedrooms6.4%
272 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.9%
2,630 households
One-person household32.9%
1,400 households
Other household types5.2%
219 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33%
1,401 households
2 people in household28.9%
1,229 households
3 people in household20.3%
862 households
4 people in household11.4%
486 households
5 people in household4.4%
187 households
6 people in household1.5%
62 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523%
2,276 residents
15–2917.8%
1,763 residents
30–4422.7%
2,245 residents
45–6423%
2,274 residents
65 and over13.6%
1,349 residents
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93%
9,211 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
251 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
192 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
166 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
89 residents
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.6%
2,374 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.8%
1,414 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.1%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
860 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
392 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.6%
4,102 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
3,259 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.5%
1,616 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.8%
1,339 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.1%
1,288 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.7%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
487 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
476 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.5%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,453 residents
Good health29.3%
2,906 residents
Fair health15.2%
1,502 residents
Bad health7.6%
756 residents
Very bad health2.9%
292 residents
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75%
7,431 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25%
2,478 residents
Speke East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
1,416 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,409 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.4%
1,037 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.8%
374 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Speke 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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