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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001475

Leasowe South & Moreton East

Leasowe South & Moreton East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,391 residents in Wirral. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wirral
6,391

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,811

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,450.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.8%

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.

Grange, Halton Brook & Hallwood Park, Halton9,514 residents · 41.2% owned · 33.6% no carFord, Sefton6,279 residents · 40.7% owned · 43.7% no carThatto Heath, St. Helens7,477 residents · 48.2% owned · 33.9% no carHough Green, Halton7,312 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.3% no carHalton Castlefield, Halton7,670 residents · 32.8% owned · 37.5% no carAberafan, Neath Port Talbot9,464 residents · 52.2% owned · 30.8% no car

Most similar within Wirral

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Woodchurch, Wirral6,730 residents · 45.1% owned · 35.6% no carBidston Hill, Wirral7,697 residents · 29.2% owned · 44.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Leasowe South & Moreton East

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

Tenure

Owned43.8%
1,232 households
Social rented41.3%
1,161 households
Private rented14.6%
410 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Shared ownership0%
1 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced35.2%
991 households
Semi-detached33.4%
941 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20%
564 households
Detached10%
281 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,183 households
No cars or vans in household35.8%
1,008 households
2 cars or vans in household18.2%
512 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
111 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.4%
1,559 households
2 bedrooms25.1%
706 households
1 bedroom10.8%
305 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
244 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.6%
1,648 households
One-person household36.8%
1,035 households
Other household types4.7%
131 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.8%
1,036 households
2 people in household28.3%
797 households
3 people in household16%
451 households
4 people in household11.9%
334 households
5 people in household5%
142 households
6 people in household1.4%
40 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.7%
1,389 residents
15–2916.9%
1,080 residents
30–4419.4%
1,239 residents
45–6424.8%
1,587 residents
65 and over17.2%
1,098 residents
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.5%
6,105 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
105 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
38 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
36 residents
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.3%
1,239 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.4%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
581 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.9%
2,544 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.8%
2,293 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
65 residents aged 16 and over
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.4%
949 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.7%
620 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.6%
276 residents aged 16 and over
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.4%
2,646 residents
Good health31%
1,983 residents
Fair health16.9%
1,080 residents
Bad health8%
514 residents
Very bad health2.6%
168 residents
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act70.2%
4,485 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act29.8%
1,906 residents
Leasowe South & Moreton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
952 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
938 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.7%
695 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
225 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Leasowe South & Moreton 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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