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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001426

Rainhill North

Rainhill North is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,443 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
5,443

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,420

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,890.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.7%

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.

Bromborough North, Wirral6,484 residents · 69.4% owned · 21.5% no carPelsall South, Walsall6,082 residents · 72.9% owned · 18.1% no carHigh Green & Burncross, Sheffield10,217 residents · 70.8% owned · 20.9% no carFleetwood Warren, Wyre5,872 residents · 72.6% owned · 21.8% no carHoohill, Blackpool6,252 residents · 75.5% owned · 20.3% no carWickersley North, Rotherham8,292 residents · 65.7% owned · 21.8% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Haydock West, St. Helens5,798 residents · 68.3% owned · 21.4% no carSutton Leach, St. Helens10,689 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rainhill North

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

Tenure

Owned73.6%
1,780 households
Private rented13.2%
320 households
Social rented11%
267 households
Shared ownership2%
49 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached49.3%
1,191 households
Terraced38%
919 households
Detached7.3%
176 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
103 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
24 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 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
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.7%
1,154 households
2 cars or vans in household26.7%
646 households
No cars or vans in household19.6%
475 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
146 households
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms63.4%
1,535 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
568 households
4 or more bedrooms9.1%
220 households
1 bedroom4%
97 households
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%
1,592 households
One-person household31%
750 households
Other household types3.1%
76 households
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.4%
880 households
1 person in household31.1%
751 households
3 people in household17.5%
422 households
4 people in household11.5%
277 households
5 people in household3.1%
74 households
6 people in household0.5%
13 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.8%
806 residents
15–2914.5%
788 residents
30–4417%
926 residents
45–6428%
1,524 residents
65 and over25.7%
1,401 residents
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
5,276 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
105 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
46 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
6 residents
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.7%
1,272 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.6%
899 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.7%
859 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
483 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
318 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.7%
2,463 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.6%
2,045 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
910 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.8%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
301 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.8%
2,385 residents
Good health35.1%
1,908 residents
Fair health14.3%
777 residents
Bad health5.1%
275 residents
Very bad health1.8%
98 residents
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.5%
4,216 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.5%
1,227 residents
Rainhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.3%
1,096 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
868 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
383 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
70 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Rainhill North · 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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