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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001970

Wyken Croft

Wyken Croft is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,758 residents in Coventry. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Coventry
5,758

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,537

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,276.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.3%

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.

Littledale & Handsworth North, Sheffield10,316 residents · 70.5% owned · 23.3% no carQueslett, Birmingham6,439 residents · 66.4% owned · 25.0% no carWalton, Peterborough8,444 residents · 69.8% owned · 19.7% no carDroylsden East, Tameside7,993 residents · 63.7% owned · 26.6% no carBrightside & Wincobank, Sheffield9,334 residents · 62.3% owned · 30.2% no carCastleton & Trub, Rochdale10,458 residents · 62.3% owned · 26.4% no car

Most similar within Coventry

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Longford, Coventry8,072 residents · 56.7% owned · 25.2% no carWalsgrave & Woodway Park, Coventry8,080 residents · 64.5% owned · 21.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wyken Croft

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

Tenure

Owned72%
1,827 households
Private rented21.4%
544 households
Social rented6.3%
160 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.6%
1,031 households
Terraced31.3%
795 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.2%
412 households
Detached7.3%
184 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.3%
84 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
1,141 households
No cars or vans in household25.1%
637 households
2 cars or vans in household24%
609 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.9%
151 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.5%
1,282 households
2 bedrooms32.1%
815 households
4 or more bedrooms10.9%
277 households
1 bedroom6.5%
164 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.7%
1,515 households
One-person household34.6%
877 households
Other household types5.7%
145 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.6%
877 households
2 people in household33.2%
842 households
3 people in household14.3%
362 households
4 people in household11.4%
290 households
5 people in household4.6%
117 households
6 people in household0.9%
24 households
7 people in household0.6%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,024 residents
15–2916.7%
964 residents
30–4420%
1,151 residents
45–6423.2%
1,335 residents
65 and over22.3%
1,286 residents
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.1%
4,153 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15%
864 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.7%
441 residents
Other ethnic group2.7%
158 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
143 residents
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.3%
1,282 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.2%
1,090 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
732 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.5%
585 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
526 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
330 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.7%
2,710 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
1,898 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.1%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.9%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.8%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.6%
402 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
256 residents aged 16 and over
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.5%
2,560 residents
Good health34.2%
1,970 residents
Fair health15.6%
896 residents
Bad health4.6%
263 residents
Very bad health1.2%
69 residents
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7%
4,706 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.3%
1,052 residents
Wyken Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44%
1,117 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
888 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.8%
426 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Wyken Croft · 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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