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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002257

King Cross

King Cross is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,544 residents in Calderdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Calderdale
6,544

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,140

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,041.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.6%

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.

Wensley Fold, Blackburn with Darwen9,407 residents · 54.1% owned · 31.6% no carWardleworth & Newbold Brow, Rochdale10,362 residents · 49.2% owned · 33.3% no carNelson West, Pendle9,518 residents · 57.3% owned · 31.0% no carCentral Burnley & Daneshouse, Burnley11,817 residents · 45.9% owned · 41.8% no carLockwood, Kirklees7,790 residents · 48.8% owned · 37.3% no carBirkby, Kirklees8,267 residents · 53.1% owned · 34.8% no car

Most similar within Calderdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pellon West & Highroad Well, Calderdale8,604 residents · 56.7% owned · 31.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in King Cross

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

Tenure

Owned57.9%
1,238 households
Private rented33.7%
722 households
Social rented7.9%
170 households
Lives rent free0.3%
6 households
Shared ownership0.2%
4 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced72.6%
1,554 households
Semi-detached15%
321 households
Detached6.7%
144 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.6%
78 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
23 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
907 households
No cars or vans in household35.3%
755 households
2 cars or vans in household16.2%
346 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
132 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.5%
846 households
3 bedrooms31.6%
676 households
4 or more bedrooms22.3%
478 households
1 bedroom6.5%
140 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.1%
1,288 households
One-person household28.6%
612 households
Other household types11.3%
243 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.6%
612 households
2 people in household21.3%
456 households
3 people in household13.5%
290 households
4 people in household12.3%
264 households
5 people in household10.8%
232 households
6 people in household7.1%
152 households
7 people in household3.9%
83 households
8 or more people in household2.4%
52 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526.2%
1,714 residents
15–2923.7%
1,553 residents
30–4422.8%
1,494 residents
45–6419%
1,244 residents
65 and over8.3%
542 residents
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh67.9%
4,443 residents
White25.6%
1,675 residents
Other ethnic group3%
199 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
130 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
97 residents
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.9%
1,504 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.6%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.4%
724 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
621 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
159 residents aged 16 and over
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.9%
2,354 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.2%
2,225 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
135 residents aged 16 and over
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed22.5%
1,061 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.8%
744 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.1%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.6%
548 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.7%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.1%
476 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.6%
215 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
163 residents aged 16 and over
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
2,937 residents
Good health36%
2,355 residents
Fair health12.9%
843 residents
Bad health4.8%
312 residents
Very bad health1.5%
97 residents
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
5,566 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
976 residents
King Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.5%
803 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.5%
674 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.8%
487 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.9%
169 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
King Cross · 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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