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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001421

West Park

West Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,506 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
10,506

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,885

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,180.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.5%

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.

Leigh South East, Wigan7,386 residents · 63.3% owned · 23.8% no carLeigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no carCockerton & Hopetown, Darlington9,733 residents · 59.3% owned · 27.3% no carPemberton South, Wigan7,888 residents · 63.2% owned · 26.3% no carHindley West, Wigan8,690 residents · 67.4% owned · 22.0% no carRose Hill & Burnley Wood, Burnley10,746 residents · 64.7% owned · 27.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in West Park

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

Tenure

Owned63.6%
3,108 households
Private rented22.3%
1,088 households
Social rented12.7%
621 households
Shared ownership1.4%
66 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.2%
2,107 households
Semi-detached40.4%
1,972 households
Detached8.8%
428 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.8%
284 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
49 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.2%
2,306 households
No cars or vans in household24%
1,170 households
2 cars or vans in household23.3%
1,139 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
267 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.6%
2,517 households
2 bedrooms34.4%
1,677 households
4 or more bedrooms9%
439 households
1 bedroom5.1%
249 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
2,979 households
One-person household35.1%
1,712 households
Other household types4%
193 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.1%
1,712 households
2 people in household33.8%
1,652 households
3 people in household17.6%
857 households
4 people in household9.6%
471 households
5 people in household3%
146 households
6 people in household0.7%
34 households
7 people in household0.1%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,650 residents
15–2917.6%
1,854 residents
30–4419.5%
2,053 residents
45–6429.1%
3,052 residents
65 and over18%
1,896 residents
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
10,215 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
103 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
99 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
62 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
28 residents
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.5%
2,404 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.2%
1,769 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.6%
1,624 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,325 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
882 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
567 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
181 residents aged 16 and over
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60%
5,256 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.4%
3,358 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
139 residents aged 16 and over
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.5%
1,617 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,524 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,299 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
1,127 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.5%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
719 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
404 residents aged 16 and over
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.4%
4,666 residents
Good health33.6%
3,528 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,528 residents
Bad health5.7%
595 residents
Very bad health1.8%
190 residents
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.1%
8,208 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.9%
2,298 residents
West Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.9%
2,194 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,652 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.4%
801 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
228 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
West Park · 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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