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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002603

Woolston

Woolston is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,937 residents in Warrington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Warrington
6,937

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,870

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

763.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.3%

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.

Sprotbrough, Doncaster7,548 residents · 83.2% owned · 12.8% no carWhitby & Stanney Woods, Cheshire West and Chester5,797 residents · 88.8% owned · 9.4% no carEuxton, Chorley8,715 residents · 84.7% owned · 9.2% no carFlint South West, Flintshire6,106 residents · 82.3% owned · 10.0% no carShevington, Wigan10,174 residents · 84.4% owned · 11.8% no carNew Brighton & Mynyddisa, Flintshire7,039 residents · 86.2% owned · 9.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woolston

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

Tenure

Owned87.2%
2,502 households
Private rented8.5%
245 households
Social rented4.3%
122 households
Shared ownership0%
1 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached65.4%
1,877 households
Detached28.8%
827 households
Terraced4.5%
128 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.9%
25 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.9%
1,145 households
2 cars or vans in household37.7%
1,081 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.5%
358 households
No cars or vans in household10%
287 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.1%
1,668 households
4 or more bedrooms24.3%
696 households
2 bedrooms14.5%
417 households
1 bedroom3.1%
89 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.6%
2,086 households
One-person household23.3%
670 households
Other household types4%
116 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.6%
1,108 households
1 person in household23.4%
671 households
3 people in household19.1%
548 households
4 people in household14.1%
405 households
5 people in household3.9%
113 households
6 people in household0.6%
17 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.6%
1,014 residents
15–2914.2%
986 residents
30–4415.8%
1,094 residents
45–6429.9%
2,075 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,765 residents
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
6,639 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
193 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
50 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
24 residents
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.3%
1,653 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,079 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.2%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
635 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
452 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
3,350 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,388 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,300 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.4%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.2%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.4%
374 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.9%
3,322 residents
Good health34.8%
2,417 residents
Fair health12.3%
852 residents
Bad health3.9%
273 residents
Very bad health1.1%
73 residents
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
5,776 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,162 residents
Woolston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.1%
1,525 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
961 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
324 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.1%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Woolston · 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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