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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001436

Southport Kew

Southport Kew is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,672 residents in Sefton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sefton
9,672

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,076

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,841.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.1%

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.

Scale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carShiphay & the Willows, Torbay10,631 residents · 62.8% owned · 14.7% no carRedhill, Gedling7,300 residents · 75.5% owned · 18.8% no carBromsgrove Sidemoor, Bromsgrove7,378 residents · 66.7% owned · 15.0% no carDoxey & Holmcroft, Stafford8,383 residents · 60.6% owned · 19.6% no carPinhoe & Whipton North, Exeter10,072 residents · 69.0% owned · 16.2% no car

Most similar within Sefton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Meols Cop, Sefton7,371 residents · 71.5% owned · 18.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southport Kew

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

Tenure

Owned69.8%
2,846 households
Private rented19.1%
778 households
Social rented8.7%
355 households
Shared ownership2.4%
96 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached49.5%
2,017 households
Detached27.1%
1,104 households
Terraced13.2%
540 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.3%
298 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
91 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.1%
1,878 households
2 cars or vans in household27.4%
1,117 households
No cars or vans in household19.1%
778 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.4%
303 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.5%
2,101 households
2 bedrooms24%
978 households
4 or more bedrooms20%
816 households
1 bedroom4.5%
184 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.2%
2,699 households
One-person household28.7%
1,172 households
Other household types5.1%
206 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%
1,449 households
1 person in household28.7%
1,172 households
3 people in household17%
693 households
4 people in household12.3%
503 households
5 people in household4.3%
174 households
6 people in household1.6%
66 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.2%
1,760 residents
15–2916.2%
1,568 residents
30–4419.1%
1,843 residents
45–6427.6%
2,665 residents
65 and over19%
1,834 residents
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93%
8,996 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
249 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
242 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
111 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
72 residents
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
2,422 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.5%
1,519 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.3%
1,345 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,116 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
760 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
4,580 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.1%
3,044 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,666 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
999 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
925 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
814 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
799 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
433 residents aged 16 and over
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
4,653 residents
Good health33.2%
3,214 residents
Fair health13%
1,258 residents
Bad health4.7%
451 residents
Very bad health1%
96 residents
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.2%
7,658 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.8%
2,014 residents
Southport Kew · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.5%
1,975 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
1,372 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.4%
587 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.3%
135 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Southport Kew · 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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