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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001413

Blackbrook

Blackbrook is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,259 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
9,259

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,053

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,176.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.9%

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.

Grange Farm & Ladybrook, Mansfield10,684 residents · 65.3% owned · 22.4% no carBradwell, Newcastle-under-Lyme7,867 residents · 65.6% owned · 19.6% no carWeston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent6,145 residents · 77.7% owned · 17.2% no carRedcar Lakes North, Redcar and Cleveland5,870 residents · 63.6% owned · 26.4% no carKidsgrove Central, Newcastle-under-Lyme5,709 residents · 63.2% owned · 21.8% no carFleetwood Warren, Wyre5,872 residents · 72.6% owned · 21.8% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Sutton Leach, St. Helens10,689 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.7% no carMoss Bank, St. Helens10,272 residents · 65.6% owned · 21.6% no carHaydock West, St. Helens5,798 residents · 68.3% owned · 21.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blackbrook

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

Tenure

Owned71.6%
2,901 households
Social rented17.2%
698 households
Private rented10.8%
437 households
Shared ownership0.4%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached69.1%
2,798 households
Terraced22.6%
916 households
Detached5.8%
237 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2%
81 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,810 households
2 cars or vans in household27%
1,096 households
No cars or vans in household20.4%
827 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%
320 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms68.1%
2,761 households
2 bedrooms22.1%
895 households
4 or more bedrooms6.8%
276 households
1 bedroom3%
120 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.8%
2,786 households
One-person household27.3%
1,105 households
Other household types4%
161 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.1%
1,583 households
1 person in household27.3%
1,105 households
3 people in household17.4%
707 households
4 people in household11.9%
481 households
5 people in household3.2%
131 households
6 people in household0.9%
37 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
1,410 residents
15–2915.6%
1,445 residents
30–4416.6%
1,533 residents
45–6428.1%
2,600 residents
65 and over24.5%
2,271 residents
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
9,043 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
74 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
64 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
50 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
28 residents
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.4%
1,891 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.9%
1,619 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,347 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
869 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
591 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.2%
4,193 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.3%
3,427 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19%
1,470 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.3%
1,258 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,249 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.8%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
568 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
337 residents aged 16 and over
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
3,874 residents
Good health34.9%
3,233 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,367 residents
Bad health6.6%
610 residents
Very bad health1.9%
173 residents
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.5%
7,085 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.5%
2,174 residents
Blackbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.8%
1,612 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,495 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.9%
764 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.3%
175 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
Blackbrook · 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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