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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001468

Wallasey East

Wallasey East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,605 residents in Wirral. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wirral
7,605

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,358

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,512.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

61.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.5%

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.

South Shore, Blackpool8,352 residents · 61.8% owned · 31.7% no carBarry West, Vale of Glamorgan8,766 residents · 59.1% owned · 25.4% no carHarbour, Victoria & Wooler Road, Hartlepool10,532 residents · 58.2% owned · 29.8% no carBlyth Town, Northumberland9,379 residents · 56.7% owned · 30.9% no carCentral Bridgend, Bridgend8,318 residents · 55.2% owned · 30.6% no carColwyn Bay North, Conwy6,957 residents · 51.9% owned · 31.9% no car

Most similar within Wirral

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Oxton South, Wirral8,396 residents · 56.3% owned · 33.3% no carLiscard, Wirral7,618 residents · 66.8% owned · 30.1% no carEgerton Park, Wirral7,986 residents · 64.4% owned · 25.9% no carEgremont, Wirral7,338 residents · 47.8% owned · 38.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wallasey East

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

Tenure

Owned61.8%
2,074 households
Private rented29.9%
1,004 households
Social rented7.8%
261 households
Shared ownership0.5%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.3%
1,319 households
Terraced25.6%
861 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits15%
504 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.7%
394 households
Detached5.4%
182 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
52 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
46 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,468 households
No cars or vans in household28.6%
959 households
2 cars or vans in household22.6%
760 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.1%
171 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms34.3%
1,151 households
4 or more bedrooms29.5%
992 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
788 households
1 bedroom12.7%
427 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.2%
1,920 households
One-person household37.4%
1,255 households
Other household types5.4%
183 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.4%
1,255 households
2 people in household31.5%
1,058 households
3 people in household14.9%
499 households
4 people in household11.1%
373 households
5 people in household3.5%
118 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,194 residents
15–2916.4%
1,250 residents
30–4418%
1,368 residents
45–6430%
2,284 residents
65 and over19.8%
1,509 residents
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.8%
7,285 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
146 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
106 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
45 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
22 residents
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.5%
1,866 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19%
1,205 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.5%
1,172 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
632 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.2%
3,553 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
2,687 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,312 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
844 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.2%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12%
759 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.9%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
364 residents aged 16 and over
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
3,302 residents
Good health33.4%
2,540 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,148 residents
Bad health6.1%
464 residents
Very bad health2%
151 residents
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.4%
5,655 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.6%
1,950 residents
Wallasey East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.3%
1,454 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,122 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
578 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.8%
193 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Wallasey 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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