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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001418

Earlestown South

Earlestown South is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,564 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
6,564

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,115

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,985

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.2%

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.

Macclesfield South & Lyme Green, Cheshire East6,212 residents · 50.7% owned · 25.4% no carRuncorn Town & Westfield, Halton10,654 residents · 52.5% owned · 26.1% no carChorley East, Chorley7,242 residents · 57.4% owned · 27.3% no carLongbenton, North Tyneside9,306 residents · 47.3% owned · 36.4% no carHeaviley, Stockport8,430 residents · 55.4% owned · 28.2% no carHebburn North, South Tyneside9,055 residents · 51.2% owned · 34.5% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Park, St. Helens10,506 residents · 63.6% owned · 24.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Earlestown South

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

Tenure

Owned53.7%
1,672 households
Social rented24.5%
764 households
Private rented19.6%
610 households
Shared ownership2.2%
67 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40%
1,246 households
Terraced30.8%
960 households
Detached14.3%
446 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
359 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
43 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,339 households
No cars or vans in household26.1%
814 households
2 cars or vans in household25.7%
799 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.2%
163 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.3%
1,319 households
2 bedrooms38.3%
1,194 households
1 bedroom10.6%
331 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
271 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.4%
1,851 households
One-person household37.2%
1,161 households
Other household types3.4%
105 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.3%
1,161 households
2 people in household34.1%
1,061 households
3 people in household14.7%
457 households
4 people in household10.2%
318 households
5 people in household2.8%
88 households
6 people in household0.5%
17 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
1,173 residents
15–2920.1%
1,319 residents
30–4422.6%
1,481 residents
45–6424.2%
1,590 residents
65 and over15.3%
1,002 residents
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.6%
6,274 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
124 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
84 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
43 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
40 residents
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.2%
1,558 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.8%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
937 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
746 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
566 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
353 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
3,336 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.1%
1,927 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.2%
864 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.9%
744 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
673 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.4%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
217 residents aged 16 and over
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
3,011 residents
Good health32.6%
2,144 residents
Fair health14%
920 residents
Bad health5.9%
389 residents
Very bad health1.6%
103 residents
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
5,143 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,420 residents
Earlestown South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.3%
1,412 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
990 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
543 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
169 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Earlestown South · 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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