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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001988

Central Coventry

Central Coventry is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,152 residents in Coventry. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Coventry
11,152

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,442

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,106.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

55.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.5%

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.

Leicester City South, Leicester10,114 residents · 11.2% owned · 61.7% no carDevonshire Quarter, Sheffield7,849 residents · 12.2% owned · 63.6% no carSt Ann's West, Nottingham11,560 residents · 17.8% owned · 61.9% no carSharrow, Sheffield9,579 residents · 20.6% owned · 49.0% no carNorth Central & Dartmouth Circus, Birmingham16,085 residents · 12.7% owned · 59.2% no carPortsea, Portsmouth10,275 residents · 13.2% owned · 59.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Central Coventry

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

Tenure

Private rented44.7%
1,539 households
Social rented31.3%
1,077 households
Owned23.2%
799 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement59.6%
2,047 households
Terraced17.3%
594 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits9%
309 households
Semi-detached7.7%
264 households
Detached3.3%
113 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
60 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household55.7%
1,916 households
1 car or van in household32.7%
1,123 households
2 cars or vans in household8.9%
305 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.7%
94 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom37.7%
1,297 households
2 bedrooms31.8%
1,095 households
3 bedrooms16.7%
575 households
4 or more bedrooms13.7%
471 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household53.2%
1,828 households
Single family household35.2%
1,208 households
Other household types11.6%
400 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household53.2%
1,828 households
2 people in household25.7%
884 households
3 people in household10%
343 households
4 people in household6.6%
228 households
5 people in household2.6%
90 households
6 people in household1.3%
43 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157%
777 residents
15–2961.6%
6,873 residents
30–4413.7%
1,523 residents
45–6411.1%
1,237 residents
65 and over6.7%
742 residents
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White44.6%
4,972 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26%
2,902 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.7%
2,192 residents
Other ethnic group5.8%
642 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
443 residents
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.5%
3,978 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications30.7%
3,172 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.2%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.8%
802 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
549 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.3%
446 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive55.3%
5,721 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)26.5%
2,741 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student18.2%
1,881 residents aged 16 and over
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students57.8%
5,977 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.3%
757 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.6%
681 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4.1%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.9%
299 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.2%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.7%
5,877 residents
Good health33.5%
3,735 residents
Fair health9.8%
1,088 residents
Bad health3.1%
342 residents
Very bad health1%
107 residents
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.7%
9,552 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.3%
1,594 residents
Central Coventry · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.3%
1,418 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.2%
1,209 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.8%
576 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.9%
204 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.9%
30 households
Central Coventry · 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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