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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001427

Bold & Clock Face

Bold & Clock Face is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,854 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
10,854

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,623

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

589.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.7%

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.

Cornelly, Bridgend7,400 residents · 61.7% owned · 20.8% no carCudworth Village, Barnsley6,293 residents · 63.5% owned · 22.4% no carSarn, Bryn-coch & Bryncethin, Bridgend6,499 residents · 67.2% owned · 18.6% no carSouth Elmsall, Wakefield7,385 residents · 59.2% owned · 24.1% no carBedwas & Trethomas, Caerphilly6,767 residents · 70.2% owned · 20.0% no carHigher Irlam, Salford9,698 residents · 65.2% owned · 21.9% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Moss Bank, St. Helens10,272 residents · 65.6% owned · 21.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bold & Clock Face

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

Tenure

Owned58.2%
2,692 households
Social rented25.2%
1,167 households
Private rented15.7%
724 households
Shared ownership0.8%
36 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.1%
2,087 households
Terraced33.1%
1,529 households
Detached15.3%
709 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.7%
263 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
2 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%
1,983 households
2 cars or vans in household27.4%
1,268 households
No cars or vans in household21.9%
1,014 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
359 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.3%
2,694 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
1,042 households
4 or more bedrooms13.9%
645 households
1 bedroom5.3%
243 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.9%
3,095 households
One-person household28.4%
1,313 households
Other household types4.7%
218 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%
1,626 households
1 person in household28.4%
1,313 households
3 people in household18.4%
851 households
4 people in household12.2%
566 households
5 people in household3.8%
177 households
6 people in household1.5%
68 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%
2,023 residents
15–2918.2%
1,979 residents
30–4419.1%
2,072 residents
45–6427.2%
2,955 residents
65 and over16.8%
1,822 residents
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
10,524 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
103 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
100 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
81 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
47 residents
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.1%
2,096 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.7%
1,979 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,525 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
541 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.5%
5,097 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.6%
3,447 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,555 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.3%
1,417 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,286 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.6%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
969 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
697 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.5%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
618 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
500 residents aged 16 and over
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.1%
4,899 residents
Good health32.9%
3,569 residents
Fair health14.4%
1,565 residents
Bad health5.7%
620 residents
Very bad health1.9%
201 residents
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.9%
8,457 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.1%
2,397 residents
Bold & Clock Face · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.9%
1,891 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,581 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.2%
890 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
250 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
Bold & Clock Face · 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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