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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002393

Lincoln Green & St James

Lincoln Green & St James is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,938 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds
8,938

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,012

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,448.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

58.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.6%

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.

Barton Hill, Bristol, City of8,230 residents · 20.4% owned · 44.0% no carKilburn Park, Brent8,195 residents · 15.5% owned · 62.1% no carHeath Town, Wolverhampton11,875 residents · 28.6% owned · 44.0% no carHackney Marshes, Hackney6,845 residents · 16.4% owned · 62.5% no carSouth Bermondsey West, Southwark8,499 residents · 15.0% owned · 66.0% no carWoolwich Glyndon, Greenwich7,721 residents · 26.3% owned · 49.4% no car

Most similar within Leeds

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Burmantofts, Leeds7,647 residents · 24.3% owned · 58.4% no carBeeston Hill & Hunslet Moor, Leeds6,738 residents · 24.9% owned · 52.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lincoln Green & St James

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

Tenure

Social rented59.8%
2,401 households
Private rented28.5%
1,145 households
Owned10.3%
414 households
Shared ownership0.7%
29 households
Lives rent free0.6%
23 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement60.7%
2,440 households
Terraced24.5%
984 households
Semi-detached7%
280 households
Detached4.1%
163 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
66 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household58.9%
2,364 households
1 car or van in household35.7%
1,432 households
2 cars or vans in household4.6%
183 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.9%
35 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms45.9%
1,841 households
1 bedroom30.2%
1,213 households
3 bedrooms19.8%
796 households
4 or more bedrooms4.1%
164 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.6%
1,950 households
One-person household43.8%
1,756 households
Other household types7.7%
307 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.7%
1,756 households
2 people in household24.7%
990 households
3 people in household12.7%
508 households
4 people in household9.9%
397 households
5 people in household5.8%
234 households
6 people in household2%
81 households
7 people in household0.8%
31 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
17 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.4%
2,183 residents
15–2923.1%
2,068 residents
30–4425.1%
2,240 residents
45–6420.8%
1,862 residents
65 and over6.5%
581 residents
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African36.3%
3,247 residents
White32.1%
2,867 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.5%
1,472 residents
Other ethnic group9.9%
881 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
469 residents
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30%
2,004 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above28.6%
1,909 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
830 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.4%
696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.1%
605 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
3,662 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,789 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.7%
1,448 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.8%
1,319 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.7%
781 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
780 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
649 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.9%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.2%
348 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
289 residents aged 16 and over
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53%
4,741 residents
Good health28.9%
2,586 residents
Fair health11.5%
1,028 residents
Bad health4.9%
442 residents
Very bad health1.6%
141 residents
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
7,646 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
1,292 residents
Lincoln Green & St James · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.1%
1,490 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.9%
1,282 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22%
885 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.1%
327 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
30 households
Lincoln Green & St James · 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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