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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001454

Aintree East & Waddicar

Aintree East & Waddicar is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,283 residents in Sefton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sefton
7,283

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,004

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

716.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

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.

Higher Bebington, Wirral7,727 residents · 81.8% owned · 13.6% no carRubery West, Bromsgrove6,420 residents · 83.1% owned · 13.6% no carNoctorum South, Wirral8,208 residents · 85.2% owned · 13.1% no carLoughor, Swansea9,638 residents · 79.2% owned · 12.9% no carPenketh & Cuerdley, Warrington8,226 residents · 87.7% owned · 12.3% no carHuyton West & Roby, Knowsley7,838 residents · 89.5% owned · 13.7% no car

Most similar within Sefton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Maghull North West & Lydiate, Sefton6,833 residents · 87.6% owned · 14.6% no carMaghull South West, Sefton6,748 residents · 87.3% owned · 15.2% no carHightown & Thornton, Sefton9,283 residents · 78.8% owned · 16.4% no carFormby South East & Ince Blundell, Sefton5,594 residents · 85.0% owned · 14.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Aintree East & Waddicar

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

Tenure

Owned83.5%
2,508 households
Private rented10.1%
303 households
Social rented6.1%
182 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached67.7%
2,033 households
Detached18%
542 households
Terraced10.2%
307 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.9%
86 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.4%
1,243 households
2 cars or vans in household33.5%
1,005 households
No cars or vans in household15.6%
468 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.6%
288 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms64.1%
1,927 households
4 or more bedrooms21.1%
634 households
2 bedrooms11.9%
356 households
1 bedroom2.9%
87 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.4%
2,054 households
One-person household26.4%
792 households
Other household types5.2%
157 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.9%
989 households
1 person in household26.4%
792 households
3 people in household20%
602 households
4 people in household14.9%
447 households
5 people in household4.4%
132 households
6 people in household1.3%
38 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,135 residents
15–2915.9%
1,160 residents
30–4417.3%
1,258 residents
45–6428.2%
2,055 residents
65 and over23%
1,677 residents
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
7,101 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
71 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
52 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
42 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
12 residents
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,629 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.6%
1,188 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.4%
1,177 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
884 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
625 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
421 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.3%
3,466 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,448 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,360 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16.4%
995 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.9%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.4%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
356 residents aged 16 and over
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.3%
3,662 residents
Good health30.6%
2,228 residents
Fair health12.9%
942 residents
Bad health4.7%
345 residents
Very bad health1.4%
105 residents
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
5,921 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,363 residents
Aintree East & Waddicar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49%
1,471 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,054 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.6%
408 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
67 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Aintree East & Waddicar · 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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