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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001419

Town Centre East & Fingerpost

Town Centre East & Fingerpost is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,675 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
7,675

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,676

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,291.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.2%

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.

Widnes Riverside, Halton7,878 residents · 34.7% owned · 40.3% no carBarclay Hills & Trinity, Burnley9,618 residents · 40.0% owned · 41.5% no carBirkenhead South, Wirral9,377 residents · 37.4% owned · 45.5% no carRadcliffe, Bury8,617 residents · 36.2% owned · 40.9% no carSeaforth South, Sefton7,671 residents · 32.1% owned · 48.9% no carSouthwick, Sunderland7,274 residents · 45.0% owned · 42.9% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Town Centre West, St. Helens7,319 residents · 38.8% owned · 44.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Town Centre East & Fingerpost

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

Tenure

Owned35.7%
1,313 households
Private rented33.1%
1,218 households
Social rented29.1%
1,069 households
Shared ownership1.9%
69 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.3%
1,959 households
Semi-detached21.3%
782 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16%
589 households
Detached4.9%
180 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
63 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
49 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
49 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.4%
1,596 households
1 car or van in household41.6%
1,530 households
2 cars or vans in household12.6%
464 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.3%
86 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms46.2%
1,699 households
3 bedrooms37.4%
1,374 households
1 bedroom12.6%
465 households
4 or more bedrooms3.8%
138 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.4%
2,000 households
One-person household40.8%
1,499 households
Other household types4.9%
179 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.8%
1,499 households
2 people in household31%
1,140 households
3 people in household15.7%
577 households
4 people in household8.7%
321 households
5 people in household2.5%
91 households
6 people in household1%
37 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,407 residents
15–2921.1%
1,617 residents
30–4422.5%
1,725 residents
45–6424.2%
1,856 residents
65 and over13.9%
1,068 residents
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.5%
7,179 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3%
229 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
107 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
87 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
72 residents
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.6%
1,828 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.2%
1,187 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
968 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
925 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
733 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
369 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.9%
3,457 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.7%
2,639 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.5%
1,454 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.9%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.6%
1,027 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.3%
575 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
410 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.1%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.7%
3,127 residents
Good health32.7%
2,511 residents
Fair health17.3%
1,328 residents
Bad health7.1%
547 residents
Very bad health2.1%
162 residents
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.4%
5,638 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.6%
2,038 residents
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.5%
1,307 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,224 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%
781 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.4%
347 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
Town Centre East & Fingerpost · 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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