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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002491

Rift House & Summerhill

Rift House & Summerhill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,473 residents in Hartlepool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Hartlepool
6,473

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,811

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,795.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.6%

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.

Peterlee West, County Durham7,228 residents · 56.7% owned · 31.3% no carRoseworth, Stockton-on-Tees8,024 residents · 50.8% owned · 31.2% no carBlyth Isabella, Northumberland7,822 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.0% no carAberafan, Neath Port Talbot9,464 residents · 52.2% owned · 30.8% no carThurnscoe, Barnsley9,517 residents · 51.3% owned · 28.3% no carThornaby South, Stockton-on-Tees5,042 residents · 50.2% owned · 36.3% no car

Most similar within Hartlepool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Jesmond, Hartlepool8,001 residents · 44.1% owned · 36.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rift House & Summerhill

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

Tenure

Owned53.8%
1,513 households
Social rented31%
872 households
Private rented14.2%
399 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.5%
1,420 households
Terraced36.3%
1,019 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.9%
250 households
Detached4%
113 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
4 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.6%
1,169 households
No cars or vans in household34.2%
961 households
2 cars or vans in household18.4%
517 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
164 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.6%
1,703 households
2 bedrooms23.1%
649 households
1 bedroom8.5%
238 households
4 or more bedrooms7.9%
221 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.4%
1,727 households
One-person household34.4%
966 households
Other household types4.2%
118 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.4%
966 households
2 people in household30%
843 households
3 people in household17.4%
488 households
4 people in household11.9%
334 households
5 people in household4.7%
133 households
6 people in household1.1%
31 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,265 residents
15–2917.5%
1,130 residents
30–4416.9%
1,093 residents
45–6426.1%
1,689 residents
65 and over20%
1,296 residents
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
6,284 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
68 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
60 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
34 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.4%
25 residents
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.9%
1,428 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.6%
954 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
910 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
824 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.2%
2,523 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.9%
2,508 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.8%
965 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18%
924 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.5%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.3%
679 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
348 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
331 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.4%
326 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.6%
2,630 residents
Good health32.4%
2,096 residents
Fair health17.1%
1,109 residents
Bad health7.6%
489 residents
Very bad health2.3%
147 residents
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.7%
4,767 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.3%
1,705 residents
Rift House & Summerhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35%
984 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.5%
969 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.5%
660 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
196 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Rift House & Summerhill · 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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