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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002490

Foggy Furze

Foggy Furze is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,805 residents in Hartlepool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Hartlepool
5,805

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,649

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,340.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.9%

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.

Mexborough West, Doncaster8,684 residents · 50.6% owned · 32.3% no carLoftus & Skinningrove, Redcar and Cleveland5,086 residents · 53.6% owned · 31.5% no carLeigh North, Wigan8,167 residents · 53.5% owned · 28.0% no carAnlaby Park & Pickering, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,221 residents · 52.0% owned · 34.0% no carSeaham Central & South, County Durham8,166 residents · 61.7% owned · 31.1% no carBilton Grange, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,006 residents · 50.2% owned · 34.7% no car

Most similar within Hartlepool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Jesmond, Hartlepool8,001 residents · 44.1% owned · 36.6% no carRift House & Summerhill, Hartlepool6,473 residents · 53.8% owned · 34.2% no carHeadland & West View, Hartlepool10,278 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Foggy Furze

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

Tenure

Owned50.8%
1,346 households
Private rented25.4%
672 households
Social rented22.8%
603 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.7%
1,289 households
Semi-detached31.1%
825 households
Detached10.6%
280 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
206 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household40.1%
1,061 households
1 car or van in household38.7%
1,026 households
2 cars or vans in household16.4%
434 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
127 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.9%
1,400 households
2 bedrooms32%
848 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
231 households
1 bedroom6.3%
167 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.7%
1,580 households
One-person household35.8%
947 households
Other household types4.5%
118 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.8%
948 households
2 people in household32.7%
866 households
3 people in household16.1%
425 households
4 people in household10.4%
276 households
5 people in household3.4%
90 households
6 people in household1.1%
29 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.4%
1,127 residents
15–2917.3%
1,003 residents
30–4418.7%
1,083 residents
45–6427.7%
1,610 residents
65 and over16.9%
981 residents
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.9%
5,509 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
110 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
89 residents
Other ethnic group1%
60 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
36 residents
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.9%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.9%
920 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
720 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
475 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.1%
2,357 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.8%
2,208 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
50 residents aged 16 and over
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.2%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.6%
858 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.7%
771 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.6%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.4%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
317 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
313 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
241 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.6%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.8%
2,371 residents
Good health34.5%
2,005 residents
Fair health16.4%
950 residents
Bad health6.3%
365 residents
Very bad health2%
114 residents
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.1%
4,418 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.9%
1,387 residents
Foggy Furze · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.3%
987 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
888 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%
570 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.4%
195 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Foggy Furze · 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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