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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001498

Woodhey

Woodhey is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,243 residents in Wirral. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wirral
7,243

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,044

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,870.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.6%

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.

Vicars Cross & Hoole East, Cheshire West and Chester7,117 residents · 80.3% owned · 14.6% no carCrosby East, Sefton8,812 residents · 83.0% owned · 16.5% no carHillside, Sefton7,192 residents · 79.4% owned · 15.7% no carBroad Green, Liverpool7,551 residents · 83.3% owned · 17.6% no carFlixton & Moorside, Trafford8,193 residents · 75.2% owned · 16.2% no carMaghull South West, Sefton6,748 residents · 87.3% owned · 15.2% no car

Most similar within Wirral

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Higher Bebington, Wirral7,727 residents · 81.8% owned · 13.6% no carNoctorum South, Wirral8,208 residents · 85.2% owned · 13.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woodhey

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

Tenure

Owned77.7%
2,366 households
Private rented13.3%
405 households
Social rented8.2%
251 households
Shared ownership0.7%
20 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68.9%
2,098 households
Terraced10.4%
317 households
Detached10.2%
310 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.2%
249 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
41 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,285 households
2 cars or vans in household32.1%
978 households
No cars or vans in household16.2%
493 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.5%
288 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms62.3%
1,896 households
4 or more bedrooms23.5%
715 households
2 bedrooms9.8%
298 households
1 bedroom4.4%
135 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.9%
2,098 households
One-person household27.6%
840 households
Other household types3.5%
106 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.3%
1,015 households
1 person in household27.6%
840 households
3 people in household19.1%
582 households
4 people in household14.8%
452 households
5 people in household4.4%
133 households
6 people in household0.8%
23 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,252 residents
15–2915.3%
1,108 residents
30–4418.4%
1,335 residents
45–6428.6%
2,072 residents
65 and over20.3%
1,473 residents
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
6,932 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
164 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
108 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
24 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.6%
2,216 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.7%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
826 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13%
765 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
493 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
321 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
3,472 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.2%
2,311 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,470 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
868 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.6%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
368 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.6%
3,739 residents
Good health31.4%
2,274 residents
Fair health11.6%
842 residents
Bad health4%
293 residents
Very bad health1.3%
96 residents
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.6%
5,909 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.4%
1,334 residents
Woodhey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.8%
1,608 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
999 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.6%
352 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.7%
81 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Woodhey · 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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