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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001740

Whitley Sands

Whitley Sands is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,913 residents in North Tyneside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Tyneside
5,913

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,303

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,988.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

54.7%

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.

Timperley South, Trafford7,738 residents · 89.0% owned · 11.0% no carHenleaze, Bristol, City of6,247 residents · 89.9% owned · 9.8% no carHeath, Cardiff5,697 residents · 83.1% owned · 12.1% no carCheadle Hulme South East, Stockport7,377 residents · 83.8% owned · 11.8% no carBramhall West, Stockport5,690 residents · 92.2% owned · 9.6% no carFulshaw Park & Lindow, Cheshire East7,289 residents · 87.4% owned · 6.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitley Sands

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

Tenure

Owned87.6%
2,018 households
Private rented8.2%
189 households
Social rented4%
93 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached57.1%
1,315 households
Terraced24.1%
556 households
Detached8%
184 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.1%
163 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
54 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.2%
949 households
2 cars or vans in household36.8%
848 households
No cars or vans in household13.6%
313 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.4%
194 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms44.6%
1,028 households
3 bedrooms39%
898 households
2 bedrooms12.1%
279 households
1 bedroom4.3%
99 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.6%
1,719 households
One-person household22.4%
517 households
Other household types3%
68 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.5%
794 households
1 person in household22.4%
517 households
4 people in household20.8%
480 households
3 people in household16.1%
372 households
5 people in household5.1%
118 households
6 people in household0.8%
19 households
7 people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
1,171 residents
15–2911.8%
697 residents
30–4417.3%
1,022 residents
45–6429.4%
1,740 residents
65 and over21.7%
1,284 residents
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%
5,704 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
86 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
82 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
19 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above54.7%
2,543 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13%
603 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
562 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.2%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.9%
275 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
84 residents aged 16 and over
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
2,702 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
1,828 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations29.4%
1,365 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
1,179 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
393 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
307 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
279 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
218 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.4%
206 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.9%
3,366 residents
Good health30.5%
1,805 residents
Fair health9.6%
569 residents
Bad health2.1%
127 residents
Very bad health0.8%
46 residents
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
5,096 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
818 residents
Whitley Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.9%
1,449 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.2%
672 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.4%
170 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.5%
12 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Whitley Sands · 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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