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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001711

Woolsington & Airport

Woolsington & Airport is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,892 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newcastle upon Tyne
9,892

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,318

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

553.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.0%

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.

Cramlington Town & Beaconhill, Northumberland9,260 residents · 51.3% owned · 27.5% no carHetton-le-Hole South, Sunderland7,371 residents · 53.9% owned · 29.5% no carStainton & Hemlington, Middlesbrough10,236 residents · 56.5% owned · 26.7% no carAshington East, Northumberland8,709 residents · 50.0% owned · 30.7% no carMaltby East, Rotherham9,512 residents · 53.1% owned · 31.2% no carCrook North & Tow Law, County Durham9,361 residents · 53.9% owned · 25.7% no car

Most similar within Newcastle upon Tyne

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Throckley & Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne10,746 residents · 58.6% owned · 29.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woolsington & Airport

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

Tenure

Owned51.6%
2,226 households
Social rented35.1%
1,516 households
Private rented12.5%
539 households
Shared ownership0.7%
30 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.4%
1,569 households
Semi-detached29.4%
1,267 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.8%
770 households
Detached15.7%
676 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,810 households
No cars or vans in household34.2%
1,478 households
2 cars or vans in household19.5%
843 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.3%
185 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.4%
2,348 households
2 bedrooms25.1%
1,082 households
4 or more bedrooms13.7%
592 households
1 bedroom6.8%
295 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62%
2,676 households
One-person household33.7%
1,457 households
Other household types4.3%
185 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.8%
1,457 households
2 people in household32.1%
1,387 households
3 people in household16.4%
709 households
4 people in household12.3%
531 households
5 people in household3.9%
168 households
6 people in household1.2%
51 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.1%
1,886 residents
15–2917.6%
1,736 residents
30–4419.2%
1,902 residents
45–6426.5%
2,618 residents
65 and over17.7%
1,749 residents
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.7%
8,973 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.7%
461 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
186 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
159 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
111 residents
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.3%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25%
1,980 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
1,132 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
969 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
523 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.3%
4,369 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
3,430 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.6%
1,316 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.4%
1,217 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,192 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.8%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
888 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.2%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.7%
4,327 residents
Good health32.9%
3,251 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,451 residents
Bad health6.6%
652 residents
Very bad health2.1%
212 residents
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.6%
7,581 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.4%
2,311 residents
Woolsington & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.9%
1,765 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
1,417 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.3%
876 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.9%
254 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Woolsington & Airport · 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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