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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002601

Padgate & Paddington

Padgate & Paddington is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,033 residents in Warrington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Warrington
9,033

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,847

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,140.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.7%

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.

Plympton Underwood, Plymouth7,813 residents · 83.9% owned · 11.8% no carAudenshaw, Tameside7,055 residents · 82.9% owned · 14.8% no carLostock Hall, South Ribble7,531 residents · 81.3% owned · 12.4% no carElmbridge, Gloucester5,905 residents · 80.9% owned · 13.2% no carWalshaw & Woolfold, Bury8,058 residents · 82.6% owned · 12.5% no carUrmston West, Trafford7,040 residents · 83.1% owned · 14.3% no car

Most similar within Warrington

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Great Sankey, Warrington7,748 residents · 87.7% owned · 8.6% no carHood Manor & Sankey Bridges, Warrington8,930 residents · 73.9% owned · 14.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Padgate & Paddington

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

Tenure

Owned83.2%
3,200 households
Private rented8.8%
339 households
Social rented7.6%
292 households
Shared ownership0.4%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached65.2%
2,508 households
Detached16%
615 households
Terraced13.1%
502 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
181 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.7%
1,643 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,368 households
No cars or vans in household11.8%
453 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10%
383 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.7%
2,257 households
2 bedrooms19.1%
736 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
676 households
1 bedroom4.6%
178 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.4%
2,709 households
One-person household25.9%
998 households
Other household types3.6%
140 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,413 households
1 person in household25.9%
998 households
3 people in household19.1%
735 households
4 people in household14.4%
555 households
5 people in household3.1%
120 households
6 people in household0.6%
22 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,509 residents
15–2913.9%
1,252 residents
30–4420.5%
1,852 residents
45–6428.1%
2,542 residents
65 and over20.8%
1,878 residents
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
8,709 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
126 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
118 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
43 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
38 residents
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.7%
2,134 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.1%
1,425 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
1,215 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
565 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.3%
4,633 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.9%
2,672 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.9%
1,632 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.2%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
834 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.4%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
349 residents aged 16 and over
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
4,632 residents
Good health32.4%
2,928 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,070 residents
Bad health3.5%
312 residents
Very bad health1%
89 residents
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
7,556 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,477 residents
Padgate & Paddington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.4%
2,092 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
1,234 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.2%
431 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
89 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Padgate & Paddington · 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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