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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001489

Greasby

Greasby is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,076 residents in Wirral. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wirral
8,076

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,635

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,522.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.4%

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.

Little Neston, Cheshire West and Chester6,636 residents · 81.8% owned · 11.4% no carPoulton South, Wyre8,298 residents · 85.9% owned · 10.8% no carPenwortham South, South Ribble5,889 residents · 88.1% owned · 11.2% no carHarwood, Bolton8,350 residents · 85.4% owned · 13.5% no carHummersknott, Darlington9,145 residents · 87.5% owned · 13.2% no carMarshside, Sefton6,850 residents · 86.1% owned · 13.2% no car

Most similar within Wirral

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Thurstaston & Irby, Wirral6,605 residents · 87.0% owned · 11.6% no carPensby & Thingwall, Wirral7,334 residents · 84.8% owned · 12.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Greasby

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

Tenure

Owned87.2%
3,171 households
Private rented8.1%
293 households
Social rented4.1%
150 households
Shared ownership0.6%
21 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.4%
1,832 households
Detached39.4%
1,433 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6%
217 households
Terraced2.8%
102 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,595 households
2 cars or vans in household34%
1,238 households
No cars or vans in household12.1%
439 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.1%
366 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.3%
1,719 households
4 or more bedrooms28.2%
1,026 households
2 bedrooms20.5%
744 households
1 bedroom4%
147 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.6%
2,457 households
One-person household29.9%
1,087 households
Other household types2.5%
92 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.1%
1,420 households
1 person in household29.9%
1,087 households
3 people in household15.6%
566 households
4 people in household11.2%
409 households
5 people in household3.4%
124 households
6 people in household0.6%
20 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
1,100 residents
15–2911.7%
942 residents
30–4415.3%
1,238 residents
45–6428%
2,259 residents
65 and over31.4%
2,534 residents
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
7,816 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
137 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
85 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
22 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.4%
2,582 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
992 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
883 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
579 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.9%
3,516 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.7%
3,291 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.9%
1,859 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16.4%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
645 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.8%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.6%
3,928 residents
Good health33.1%
2,671 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,093 residents
Bad health3.8%
304 residents
Very bad health1%
78 residents
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.4%
6,573 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.6%
1,505 residents
Greasby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.4%
1,977 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,218 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11%
399 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
41 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Greasby · 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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