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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002643

Park Road

Park Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,787 residents in Blackpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blackpool
7,787

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,389

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,721.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.8%

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.

Fairfield East, Liverpool8,911 residents · 52.5% owned · 41.0% no carTuebrook, Liverpool8,802 residents · 49.0% owned · 43.0% no carBootle East, Sefton9,038 residents · 49.3% owned · 42.6% no carLowestoft Central, East Suffolk9,734 residents · 44.6% owned · 38.3% no carUpton & Hele, Torbay6,846 residents · 50.8% owned · 29.1% no carEgremont, Wirral7,338 residents · 47.8% owned · 38.0% no car

Most similar within Blackpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Victoria, Blackpool7,997 residents · 53.5% owned · 36.7% no carHawes Side, Blackpool7,095 residents · 58.9% owned · 29.9% no carSouth Shore, Blackpool8,352 residents · 61.8% owned · 31.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Park Road

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

Tenure

Owned47.6%
1,614 households
Private rented45.6%
1,545 households
Social rented6.5%
219 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.4%
1,606 households
Semi-detached31.2%
1,057 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.6%
256 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.3%
247 households
Detached4.4%
150 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household41.8%
1,417 households
1 car or van in household40.9%
1,384 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
467 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
119 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.2%
1,699 households
2 bedrooms24.6%
833 households
4 or more bedrooms13.9%
470 households
1 bedroom11.4%
385 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.2%
1,901 households
One-person household35%
1,186 households
Other household types8.8%
298 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35%
1,185 households
2 people in household31.5%
1,066 households
3 people in household16.1%
546 households
4 people in household9.5%
322 households
5 people in household4.6%
156 households
6 people in household2.2%
73 households
7 people in household0.8%
26 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520%
1,555 residents
15–2920%
1,556 residents
30–4420.7%
1,614 residents
45–6425.4%
1,981 residents
65 and over13.9%
1,081 residents
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.9%
7,157 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.5%
354 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
125 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
101 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
49 residents
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.8%
1,641 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.8%
1,332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
947 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
876 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
785 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
379 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
3,348 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.9%
2,628 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.7%
963 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.5%
887 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.3%
3,294 residents
Good health33.2%
2,589 residents
Fair health15.4%
1,200 residents
Bad health7.1%
550 residents
Very bad health2%
155 residents
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.3%
5,938 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.7%
1,849 residents
Park Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,197 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35%
1,186 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%
728 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%
262 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Park Road · 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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