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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001477

Bidston Hill

Bidston Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,697 residents in Wirral. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wirral
7,697

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,328

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,155.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

29.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.5%

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.

Stockbridge Village, Knowsley7,566 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.2% no carHeadland & West View, Hartlepool10,278 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.0% no carHalton Castlefield, Halton7,670 residents · 32.8% owned · 37.5% no carOwton Manor, Hartlepool7,673 residents · 39.2% owned · 42.8% no carSpeke East, Liverpool9,909 residents · 32.3% owned · 44.7% no carGrangetown, Redcar and Cleveland6,388 residents · 27.6% owned · 45.4% no car

Most similar within Wirral

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Leasowe South & Moreton East, Wirral6,391 residents · 43.8% owned · 35.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bidston Hill

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

Tenure

Social rented54.6%
1,816 households
Owned29.2%
971 households
Private rented15.9%
530 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.3%
1,375 households
Semi-detached36.1%
1,201 households
Detached10.7%
357 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10%
334 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.4%
1,476 households
1 car or van in household39.4%
1,312 households
2 cars or vans in household12.6%
420 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
120 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.3%
1,738 households
2 bedrooms31.1%
1,033 households
4 or more bedrooms9%
299 households
1 bedroom7.7%
256 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.3%
1,975 households
One-person household35.5%
1,180 households
Other household types5.2%
173 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.5%
1,180 households
2 people in household27.6%
919 households
3 people in household19%
633 households
4 people in household10.9%
362 households
5 people in household4.7%
157 households
6 people in household1.6%
53 households
7 people in household0.5%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.4%
1,880 residents
15–2918.8%
1,447 residents
30–4419.9%
1,535 residents
45–6423.9%
1,836 residents
65 and over13%
997 residents
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
7,339 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
142 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
125 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
49 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
43 residents
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.2%
1,668 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.5%
1,110 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
954 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
623 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51%
2,909 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47%
2,681 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
114 residents aged 16 and over
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.3%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.1%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.9%
1,024 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.6%
663 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
357 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.1%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.3%
3,330 residents
Good health30.2%
2,322 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,210 residents
Bad health8.1%
625 residents
Very bad health2.7%
209 residents
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act71.8%
5,530 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act28.2%
2,170 residents
Bidston Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension32.6%
1,086 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
1,080 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.7%
790 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.8%
358 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Bidston Hill · 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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