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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002638

North Shore

North Shore is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,489 residents in Blackpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blackpool
6,489

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,938

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,466.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

52.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.8%

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.

Clacton Central, Tendring7,209 residents · 39.9% owned · 47.4% no carTorquay Central, Torbay7,758 residents · 35.6% owned · 44.7% no carLowestoft Harbour & Kirkley, East Suffolk7,630 residents · 37.3% owned · 41.7% no carBridlington Hilderthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire5,395 residents · 46.2% owned · 41.4% no carPaignton Central, Torbay9,852 residents · 47.2% owned · 40.5% no carSkegness Town, East Lindsey6,244 residents · 39.5% owned · 40.4% no car

Most similar within Blackpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Central Blackpool, Blackpool7,071 residents · 30.1% owned · 59.5% no carSouth Promenade & Seasiders Way, Blackpool6,314 residents · 30.9% owned · 57.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in North Shore

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

Tenure

Private rented56.8%
1,669 households
Owned34.6%
1,018 households
Social rented8.3%
245 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced26.7%
785 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits26.3%
772 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement23%
675 households
Semi-detached12.8%
377 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.7%
138 households
Detached4%
118 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.4%
71 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household52.5%
1,544 households
1 car or van in household33%
969 households
2 cars or vans in household11.2%
328 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
98 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom37.7%
1,107 households
2 bedrooms22%
648 households
3 bedrooms20.4%
600 households
4 or more bedrooms19.9%
584 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household52.2%
1,533 households
Single family household39.1%
1,148 households
Other household types8.8%
258 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household52.2%
1,534 households
2 people in household24.3%
715 households
3 people in household10.4%
305 households
4 people in household6.5%
190 households
5 people in household3.2%
95 households
6 people in household2.1%
62 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
24 households
7 people in household0.5%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
884 residents
15–2917.7%
1,151 residents
30–4419.1%
1,239 residents
45–6431.2%
2,022 residents
65 and over18.4%
1,195 residents
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.7%
5,948 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.7%
239 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
138 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
103 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
61 residents
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.4%
1,516 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.8%
1,149 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
814 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
801 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.8%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
152 residents aged 16 and over
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.3%
2,725 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive49.3%
2,724 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
80 residents aged 16 and over
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18%
998 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.6%
918 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
439 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
269 residents aged 16 and over
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health35.4%
2,298 residents
Good health33.1%
2,146 residents
Fair health19.4%
1,256 residents
Bad health9.3%
603 residents
Very bad health2.9%
186 residents
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act69%
4,475 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act31%
2,014 residents
North Shore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,000 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.3%
833 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions25.3%
744 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.9%
321 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.4%
42 households
North Shore · 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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