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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001434

Meols Cop

Meols Cop is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,371 residents in Sefton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sefton
7,371

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,954

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,662.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

Shiphay & the Willows, Torbay10,631 residents · 62.8% owned · 14.7% no carGedling South, Gedling8,827 residents · 75.9% owned · 17.1% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carCroxteth East, Liverpool7,250 residents · 78.7% owned · 16.1% no carLeasowe, Wirral7,046 residents · 68.9% owned · 18.6% no carHoohill, Blackpool6,252 residents · 75.5% owned · 20.3% no car

Most similar within Sefton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Southport High Park, Sefton7,449 residents · 68.0% owned · 19.9% no carHillside, Sefton7,192 residents · 79.4% owned · 15.7% no carSouthport Kew, Sefton9,672 residents · 69.8% owned · 19.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Meols Cop

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

Tenure

Owned71.5%
2,112 households
Private rented21.5%
635 households
Social rented6.5%
193 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached73.2%
2,159 households
Detached10%
296 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.9%
174 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.8%
171 households
Terraced4.2%
125 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,302 households
2 cars or vans in household29.3%
865 households
No cars or vans in household18.1%
533 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
252 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.9%
1,384 households
4 or more bedrooms24.7%
728 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
624 households
1 bedroom7.3%
216 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.4%
1,989 households
One-person household26%
766 households
Other household types6.6%
196 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,023 households
1 person in household26%
766 households
3 people in household18.9%
558 households
4 people in household12.8%
379 households
5 people in household5.2%
154 households
6 people in household1.4%
42 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,356 residents
15–2916%
1,178 residents
30–4419.3%
1,420 residents
45–6429.6%
2,183 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,234 residents
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.6%
7,047 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
146 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
114 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
41 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
24 residents
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
1,840 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.5%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
940 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
565 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
357 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
3,591 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.2%
2,199 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%
1,282 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
816 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.6%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
626 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
349 residents aged 16 and over
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.3%
3,558 residents
Good health33.4%
2,465 residents
Fair health12.5%
918 residents
Bad health4.3%
314 residents
Very bad health1.6%
116 residents
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5%
5,863 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.5%
1,509 residents
Meols Cop · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.9%
1,444 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
990 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
416 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.3%
98 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Meols Cop · 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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