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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001718

Blakelaw

Blakelaw is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,621 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
6,621

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,959

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,036.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

48.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.9%

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.

Blaydon South, Gateshead8,037 residents · 48.1% owned · 35.3% no carPark Vale, Middlesbrough6,266 residents · 47.9% owned · 36.6% no carHuyton East, Knowsley7,499 residents · 50.3% owned · 37.1% no carMeadowhead, Blackburn with Darwen7,278 residents · 60.5% owned · 29.6% no carSilksworth, Sunderland6,689 residents · 53.8% owned · 31.4% no carEfford, Laira & Crabtree, Plymouth9,206 residents · 55.5% owned · 26.5% no car

Most similar within Newcastle upon Tyne

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fawdon South, Newcastle upon Tyne10,103 residents · 45.5% owned · 40.3% no carDenton, Newcastle upon Tyne9,480 residents · 57.7% owned · 35.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blakelaw

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

Tenure

Owned48.5%
1,434 households
Social rented34.3%
1,016 households
Private rented13.4%
397 households
Shared ownership3.7%
109 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51%
1,511 households
Terraced23.5%
697 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.8%
467 households
Detached8.4%
249 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
25 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.3%
1,310 households
No cars or vans in household34.6%
1,024 households
2 cars or vans in household17.4%
514 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
112 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.3%
1,608 households
2 bedrooms31.2%
924 households
4 or more bedrooms7.7%
228 households
1 bedroom6.8%
201 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
1,805 households
One-person household35.5%
1,051 households
Other household types3.5%
105 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.5%
1,051 households
2 people in household31.3%
927 households
3 people in household16.7%
495 households
4 people in household11%
327 households
5 people in household3.5%
103 households
6 people in household1.4%
41 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,279 residents
15–2918.2%
1,202 residents
30–4420.7%
1,368 residents
45–6425.3%
1,674 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,096 residents
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90%
5,962 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
355 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
114 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
99 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
92 residents
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.5%
1,399 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.9%
1,209 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
803 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
706 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
613 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
400 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.3%
2,972 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.1%
2,220 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.1%
955 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16%
843 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.8%
779 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.9%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.8%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
348 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.2%
2,925 residents
Good health30.3%
2,006 residents
Fair health16.2%
1,072 residents
Bad health7%
465 residents
Very bad health2.3%
152 residents
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.7%
5,080 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.3%
1,541 residents
Blakelaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.4%
1,166 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
968 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.2%
597 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.6%
224 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Blakelaw · 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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