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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001417

Town Centre West

Town Centre West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,319 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
7,319

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,853

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,318.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.9%

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.

Percy Main, North Tyneside7,563 residents · 36.1% owned · 44.2% no carSouth Shields West, South Tyneside7,419 residents · 33.5% owned · 51.2% no carRadcliffe, Bury8,617 residents · 36.2% owned · 40.9% no carBootle South, Sefton7,691 residents · 27.0% owned · 55.8% no carSouthwick, Sunderland7,274 residents · 45.0% owned · 42.9% no carFleetwood Town, Wyre8,171 residents · 48.2% owned · 43.0% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Town Centre East & Fingerpost, St. Helens7,675 residents · 35.7% owned · 43.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Town Centre West

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

Tenure

Owned38.8%
1,494 households
Social rented31.6%
1,219 households
Private rented28.7%
1,107 households
Shared ownership0.7%
27 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.5%
1,830 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.5%
753 households
Semi-detached19.1%
736 households
Detached6.2%
239 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4%
155 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
70 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.8%
69 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.4%
1,711 households
1 car or van in household40.2%
1,550 households
2 cars or vans in household12.7%
488 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.7%
104 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.1%
1,698 households
3 bedrooms31.2%
1,202 households
1 bedroom19.3%
744 households
4 or more bedrooms5.4%
209 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.6%
1,908 households
Single family household46.5%
1,791 households
Other household types3.9%
150 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.5%
1,907 households
2 people in household26.9%
1,037 households
3 people in household14.1%
543 households
4 people in household6.7%
258 households
5 people in household2%
77 households
6 people in household0.6%
25 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.9%
1,091 residents
15–2919.1%
1,395 residents
30–4421.4%
1,565 residents
45–6428.9%
2,113 residents
65 and over15.8%
1,156 residents
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
6,975 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
141 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
87 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
78 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
41 residents
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.3%
1,561 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.9%
1,410 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
991 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
971 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
741 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
3,370 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44%
2,715 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.1%
1,301 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.2%
940 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.2%
938 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
862 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.8%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
310 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.4%
2,808 residents
Good health32.6%
2,387 residents
Fair health17.9%
1,310 residents
Bad health8.8%
642 residents
Very bad health2.4%
173 residents
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act71.4%
5,224 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act28.6%
2,095 residents
Town Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension33.8%
1,302 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
1,256 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.5%
905 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.7%
375 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Town Centre West · 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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