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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002648

Hawes Side

Hawes Side is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,095 residents in Blackpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blackpool
7,095

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,219

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,919.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.3%

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.

Efford, Laira & Crabtree, Plymouth9,206 residents · 55.5% owned · 26.5% no carWombwell North, Barnsley7,733 residents · 54.2% owned · 27.7% no carMexborough West, Doncaster8,684 residents · 50.6% owned · 32.3% no carSt Budeaux, Plymouth10,530 residents · 57.5% owned · 24.6% no carLeigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no carBebington New Ferry, Wirral8,156 residents · 46.0% owned · 34.6% no car

Most similar within Blackpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Victoria, Blackpool7,997 residents · 53.5% owned · 36.7% no carWarbreck & Bispham Road, Blackpool8,001 residents · 64.4% owned · 24.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hawes Side

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

Tenure

Owned58.9%
1,895 households
Private rented30.4%
979 households
Social rented10.4%
335 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.4%
1,431 households
Semi-detached41.4%
1,334 households
Detached5.9%
190 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
189 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
47 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.3%
1,521 households
No cars or vans in household29.9%
962 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
580 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
156 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.4%
1,719 households
2 bedrooms33.3%
1,073 households
1 bedroom6.9%
223 households
4 or more bedrooms6.3%
204 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.3%
1,974 households
One-person household33%
1,064 households
Other household types5.7%
183 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,126 households
1 person in household33.1%
1,065 households
3 people in household16.5%
532 households
4 people in household11.4%
366 households
5 people in household2.8%
90 households
6 people in household1%
33 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,385 residents
15–2916.9%
1,196 residents
30–4419.8%
1,402 residents
45–6425.2%
1,790 residents
65 and over18.6%
1,321 residents
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
6,843 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
113 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
26 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
13 residents
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.1%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.3%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.5%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
724 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
395 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.1%
3,103 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,412 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
114 residents aged 16 and over
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations19.1%
1,073 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.5%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
784 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.4%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
293 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.4%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.9%
2,829 residents
Good health34.4%
2,438 residents
Fair health16.9%
1,201 residents
Bad health6.5%
464 residents
Very bad health2.3%
163 residents
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.5%
5,358 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.5%
1,737 residents
Hawes Side · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.5%
1,206 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,166 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.4%
656 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
177 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Hawes Side · 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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