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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002708

Cottingham South & North Ella

Cottingham South & North Ella is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,795 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for East Riding of Yorkshire
5,795

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,891

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,327.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.7%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cottingham South & North Ella

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

Tenure

Owned69.4%
2,006 households
Social rented15.7%
454 households
Private rented14.4%
417 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.7%
1,032 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement23.4%
675 households
Terraced20.4%
590 households
Detached18.3%
529 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.3%
1,339 households
2 cars or vans in household23.7%
686 households
No cars or vans in household23.7%
686 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
179 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.2%
1,045 households
3 bedrooms33.1%
957 households
4 or more bedrooms16.9%
489 households
1 bedroom13.8%
399 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.3%
1,599 households
One-person household42.6%
1,231 households
Other household types2%
59 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.6%
1,231 households
2 people in household35%
1,012 households
3 people in household10.5%
304 households
4 people in household8.6%
248 households
5 people in household2.1%
62 households
6 people in household0.7%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.1%
703 residents
15–2911.9%
692 residents
30–4414.1%
818 residents
45–6427.1%
1,573 residents
65 and over34.7%
2,009 residents
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
5,619 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
74 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
53 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
27 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.7%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.9%
952 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
743 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
642 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8%
401 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.5%
2,542 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.1%
2,422 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
74 residents aged 16 and over
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,178 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
673 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
422 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
324 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
2,424 residents
Good health34.6%
2,005 residents
Fair health16.7%
965 residents
Bad health5.4%
311 residents
Very bad health1.6%
90 residents
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.1%
4,525 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.9%
1,271 residents
Cottingham South & North Ella · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.6%
1,376 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.9%
1,009 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.5%
419 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
81 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Cottingham South & North Ella · 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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