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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001464

Bootle North

Bootle North is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,071 residents in Sefton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sefton
7,071

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,232

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,400.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.9%

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.

Walton Hall, Liverpool6,344 residents · 45.7% owned · 47.2% no carWalton South, Liverpool6,976 residents · 37.9% owned · 57.3% no carBirkenhead South, Wirral9,377 residents · 37.4% owned · 45.5% no carSeacombe, Wirral6,954 residents · 33.9% owned · 46.6% no carTown Centre East & Fingerpost, St. Helens7,675 residents · 35.7% owned · 43.4% no carAnfield West, Liverpool6,286 residents · 32.6% owned · 54.6% no car

Most similar within Sefton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Seaforth South, Sefton7,671 residents · 32.1% owned · 48.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bootle North

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

Tenure

Owned37.5%
1,212 households
Private rented33.3%
1,077 households
Social rented28.2%
911 households
Shared ownership1%
32 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced72.6%
2,346 households
Semi-detached10.5%
338 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.1%
294 households
Detached3.8%
122 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
58 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
53 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.7%
1,736 households
1 car or van in household35.6%
1,151 households
2 cars or vans in household9%
292 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.6%
53 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.7%
1,638 households
2 bedrooms35.3%
1,139 households
1 bedroom7.8%
252 households
4 or more bedrooms6.3%
202 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.3%
1,754 households
One-person household40.1%
1,297 households
Other household types5.6%
180 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.1%
1,297 households
2 people in household28.7%
929 households
3 people in household15.2%
490 households
4 people in household9.5%
307 households
5 people in household3.9%
125 households
6 people in household1.8%
58 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520%
1,412 residents
15–2919.1%
1,351 residents
30–4421.8%
1,539 residents
45–6425.2%
1,782 residents
65 and over14%
987 residents
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.5%
6,614 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
184 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
110 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
102 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
63 residents
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.8%
1,668 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
1,056 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
873 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.1%
3,080 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
2,404 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.2%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.8%
937 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.8%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.6%
649 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
446 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
300 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.7%
2,949 residents
Good health31.5%
2,230 residents
Fair health17.8%
1,259 residents
Bad health6.9%
489 residents
Very bad health2.1%
145 residents
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.7%
5,211 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.3%
1,861 residents
Bootle North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,083 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33%
1,065 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.4%
787 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.5%
275 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
22 households
Bootle North · 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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