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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002633

Little Bispham & Anchorsholme

Little Bispham & Anchorsholme is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,621 residents in Blackpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blackpool
7,621

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,575

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,382.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.3%

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.

Mid Worle, North Somerset8,660 residents · 72.2% owned · 21.1% no carCleveleys West, Wyre8,277 residents · 67.5% owned · 27.3% no carIntake, Sheffield7,424 residents · 66.5% owned · 28.0% no carWestwood, Northwood & Bromstone, Thanet7,295 residents · 74.3% owned · 20.1% no carShaw & Crompton, Oldham5,940 residents · 72.6% owned · 21.0% no carHaughton Le Skerne, Darlington5,549 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.7% no car

Most similar within Blackpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Norbreck & Bispham, Blackpool7,796 residents · 72.9% owned · 24.1% no carSquires Gate, Blackpool7,853 residents · 72.1% owned · 24.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Bispham & Anchorsholme

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

Tenure

Owned76.7%
2,742 households
Private rented21.6%
771 households
Social rented1.6%
56 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached70.2%
2,510 households
Detached9.9%
354 households
Terraced8.8%
315 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8%
287 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
80 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.9%
1,713 households
No cars or vans in household22.9%
819 households
2 cars or vans in household22.4%
802 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.7%
241 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.7%
1,883 households
2 bedrooms27.2%
971 households
4 or more bedrooms10.7%
383 households
1 bedroom9.5%
338 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.9%
2,143 households
One-person household35.7%
1,277 households
Other household types4.4%
157 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,318 households
1 person in household35.7%
1,277 households
3 people in household14%
502 households
4 people in household9.9%
354 households
5 people in household2.4%
86 households
6 people in household0.8%
29 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
1,036 residents
15–2913.4%
1,019 residents
30–4414.9%
1,139 residents
45–6427.4%
2,085 residents
65 and over30.7%
2,342 residents
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
7,432 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
81 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
69 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
22 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.3%
1,520 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.4%
1,459 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,117 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
995 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
710 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8%
519 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.3%
3,210 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.6%
3,168 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.5%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15%
977 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
900 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.6%
822 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.4%
805 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39%
2,974 residents
Good health35.3%
2,689 residents
Fair health17.5%
1,336 residents
Bad health6.2%
469 residents
Very bad health2%
153 residents
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.3%
5,741 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.7%
1,880 residents
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.4%
1,515 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.5%
1,378 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
561 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
116 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Little Bispham & Anchorsholme · 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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