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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001439

Ainsdale East

Ainsdale East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,581 residents in Sefton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sefton
6,581

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,881

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,958.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.2%

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 carLeyland South West, South Ribble6,123 residents · 64.1% owned · 22.7% no carSt Annes North & Airport, Fylde7,572 residents · 67.4% owned · 20.1% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carHandsworth South, Sheffield6,281 residents · 67.6% owned · 23.7% no carClayton & Langdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme9,029 residents · 68.6% owned · 20.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ainsdale East

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

Tenure

Owned65.4%
1,883 households
Social rented19.5%
561 households
Private rented14%
404 households
Shared ownership1.1%
33 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached67.2%
1,936 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.2%
380 households
Terraced8.8%
253 households
Detached8.2%
235 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
38 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
31 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
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,251 households
2 cars or vans in household26%
749 households
No cars or vans in household23.5%
677 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
204 households
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57%
1,642 households
2 bedrooms17.9%
517 households
4 or more bedrooms14.2%
408 households
1 bedroom11%
316 households
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.6%
1,774 households
One-person household34.1%
981 households
Other household types4.3%
124 households
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.1%
981 households
2 people in household30.9%
891 households
3 people in household16.6%
477 households
4 people in household12.4%
357 households
5 people in household4.3%
124 households
6 people in household1.5%
43 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,108 residents
15–2915.4%
1,012 residents
30–4416.8%
1,102 residents
45–6428.2%
1,857 residents
65 and over22.8%
1,497 residents
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.3%
6,335 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
117 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
75 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
35 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.2%
1,571 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.6%
999 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
979 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
813 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
562 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.4%
2,874 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.8%
2,410 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.4%
776 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.2%
602 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.1%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.6%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
285 residents aged 16 and over
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46%
3,029 residents
Good health32.5%
2,137 residents
Fair health14.7%
965 residents
Bad health5.2%
343 residents
Very bad health1.6%
107 residents
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.7%
5,114 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.3%
1,467 residents
Ainsdale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,307 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
940 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
495 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
134 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Ainsdale East · 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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