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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001407

Billinge

Billinge is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,835 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
5,835

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,582

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

793.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.7%

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.

New Inn, Torfaen5,895 residents · 78.6% owned · 12.3% no carPenketh & Cuerdley, Warrington8,226 residents · 87.7% owned · 12.3% no carRowlands Gill & Lockhaugh, Gateshead5,569 residents · 75.3% owned · 19.7% no carPlympton St Mary, Plymouth7,730 residents · 82.6% owned · 14.0% no carBurntwood Chase Terrace & Hammerwich, Lichfield9,639 residents · 85.9% owned · 10.7% no carGrenoside & Ecclesfield North, Sheffield7,138 residents · 85.6% owned · 14.4% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Garswood, St. Helens5,448 residents · 83.9% owned · 12.0% no carRainford, St. Helens7,846 residents · 83.6% owned · 11.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Billinge

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

Tenure

Owned84.1%
2,172 households
Social rented9.2%
237 households
Private rented6.4%
165 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56.2%
1,455 households
Detached32%
829 households
Terraced6.8%
176 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4%
103 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
16 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.8%
1,053 households
2 cars or vans in household33.7%
872 households
No cars or vans in household13.7%
355 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
304 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.6%
1,540 households
2 bedrooms18.6%
481 households
4 or more bedrooms18.1%
469 households
1 bedroom3.7%
95 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.7%
1,799 households
One-person household27.1%
700 households
Other household types3.2%
82 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.4%
1,071 households
1 person in household27.1%
700 households
3 people in household16.2%
418 households
4 people in household11.8%
306 households
5 people in household2.6%
67 households
6 people in household0.7%
17 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.1%
705 residents
15–2913%
757 residents
30–4413.5%
787 residents
45–6428.1%
1,642 residents
65 and over33.3%
1,943 residents
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
5,727 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
53 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
26 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
15 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.7%
1,554 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
925 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18%
911 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
679 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
435 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.1%
412 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50%
2,531 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.8%
2,469 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
63 residents aged 16 and over
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
1,151 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
555 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.3%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
315 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.3%
2,587 residents
Good health34.8%
2,030 residents
Fair health14.3%
836 residents
Bad health5.3%
310 residents
Very bad health1.2%
72 residents
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.9%
4,606 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.1%
1,229 residents
Billinge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49%
1,265 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
933 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%
314 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
66 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Billinge · 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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