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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001958

Longford

Longford is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,072 residents in Coventry. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Coventry
8,072

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,401

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,005.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.4%

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.

Kingsbrook, Bedford10,684 residents · 45.9% owned · 26.8% no carBedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth8,058 residents · 63.2% owned · 18.4% no carLangley Green, Sandwell8,921 residents · 62.1% owned · 24.4% no carNorth Tividale, Sandwell10,330 residents · 56.9% owned · 25.8% no carAgbrigg & Belle Isle, Wakefield8,990 residents · 39.9% owned · 35.2% no carWillenhall Town, Walsall8,004 residents · 48.3% owned · 29.6% no car

Most similar within Coventry

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Clifford Park, Coventry7,499 residents · 55.0% owned · 27.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Longford

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

Tenure

Owned56.7%
1,930 households
Private rented27.5%
936 households
Social rented14.1%
479 households
Shared ownership1.6%
53 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.5%
1,241 households
Semi-detached28.2%
960 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.4%
558 households
Detached15.4%
522 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
54 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.4%
47 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,512 households
No cars or vans in household25.2%
857 households
2 cars or vans in household23.5%
800 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
230 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.1%
1,464 households
2 bedrooms35.5%
1,206 households
4 or more bedrooms11.1%
378 households
1 bedroom10.3%
350 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.8%
1,964 households
One-person household34.6%
1,175 households
Other household types7.6%
260 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.6%
1,175 households
2 people in household28.2%
959 households
3 people in household16.1%
546 households
4 people in household12.4%
421 households
5 people in household5.8%
197 households
6 people in household2.2%
75 households
7 people in household0.5%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,554 residents
15–2918.8%
1,515 residents
30–4422.4%
1,811 residents
45–6425.3%
2,045 residents
65 and over14.2%
1,147 residents
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.9%
5,403 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.9%
1,364 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.3%
672 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
332 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
306 residents
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.4%
1,630 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24%
1,545 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
895 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
744 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61%
3,918 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.4%
2,337 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.6%
1,196 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.8%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
971 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.5%
480 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.9%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
360 residents aged 16 and over
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.5%
3,676 residents
Good health34.5%
2,783 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,086 residents
Bad health5%
402 residents
Very bad health1.5%
125 residents
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
6,651 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,421 residents
Longford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.9%
1,425 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,183 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.8%
570 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
211 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Longford · 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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