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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002498

Ayresome

Ayresome is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,505 residents in Middlesbrough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Middlesbrough
8,505

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,643

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,521.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

62.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.0%

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.

Kensington, Liverpool9,323 residents · 23.6% owned · 59.0% no carNaul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no carWavertree West, Liverpool9,837 residents · 35.9% owned · 47.9% no carHuddersfield Leeds Road & Fartown, Kirklees7,223 residents · 33.7% owned · 48.3% no carHyson Green, Nottingham8,642 residents · 24.6% owned · 54.1% no carCromwell Road & Broad Street, Salford9,504 residents · 27.0% owned · 47.5% no car

Most similar within Middlesbrough

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Middlesbrough Central, Middlesbrough11,864 residents · 24.9% owned · 55.8% no carNorth Ormesby & Brambles, Middlesbrough6,112 residents · 33.2% owned · 55.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ayresome

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

Tenure

Private rented53.7%
1,955 households
Owned24.4%
889 households
Social rented21.2%
772 households
Lives rent free0.4%
15 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced61%
2,220 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14%
511 households
Detached10.6%
385 households
Semi-detached10%
363 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%
102 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household62.4%
2,273 households
1 car or van in household30%
1,094 households
2 cars or vans in household6.1%
222 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.5%
54 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43.8%
1,596 households
3 bedrooms38.8%
1,414 households
1 bedroom9.4%
344 households
4 or more bedrooms7.9%
289 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.5%
1,657 households
One-person household39.5%
1,440 households
Other household types14.9%
544 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.5%
1,439 households
2 people in household26%
946 households
3 people in household14.8%
538 households
4 people in household10%
364 households
5 people in household5.9%
214 households
6 people in household2.6%
93 households
7 people in household0.9%
31 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,741 residents
15–2929.4%
2,500 residents
30–4422.4%
1,906 residents
45–6418.3%
1,557 residents
65 and over9.4%
798 residents
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White55.2%
4,691 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.8%
1,857 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13%
1,102 residents
Other ethnic group7.7%
651 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
201 residents
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications32.5%
2,168 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26%
1,738 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.5%
836 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
703 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10%
670 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
234 residents aged 16 and over
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.2%
3,348 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.6%
2,708 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.3%
619 residents aged 16 and over
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed24.5%
1,636 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students21.1%
1,410 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations19.5%
1,302 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.1%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.7%
383 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations2.2%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48%
4,087 residents
Good health29.5%
2,514 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,149 residents
Bad health6.4%
544 residents
Very bad health2.5%
215 residents
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
6,829 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,676 residents
Ayresome · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension39%
1,420 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.7%
1,044 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.5%
856 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.3%
304 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
19 households
Ayresome · 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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