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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002774

Wigginton

Wigginton is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,081 residents in York. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for York
6,081

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,635

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

705.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

89.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.1%

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.

Washingborough & Branston, North Kesteven10,720 residents · 84.1% owned · 10.4% no carSandbach North, Cheshire East6,567 residents · 79.0% owned · 12.4% no carCottingham West, East Riding of Yorkshire7,059 residents · 82.8% owned · 12.3% no carWestlands & Seabridge, Newcastle-under-Lyme9,415 residents · 84.4% owned · 10.5% no carPenwortham South, South Ribble5,889 residents · 88.1% owned · 11.2% no carHest Bank & Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster7,244 residents · 88.5% owned · 9.6% no car

Most similar within York

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Haxby, York5,693 residents · 83.2% owned · 16.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wigginton

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

Tenure

Owned89.4%
2,357 households
Private rented8.3%
220 households
Social rented1.9%
49 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.2%
1,479 households
Semi-detached30.7%
808 households
Terraced6.3%
166 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.1%
160 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,190 households
2 cars or vans in household33.5%
883 households
No cars or vans in household12.9%
340 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
224 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%
975 households
4 or more bedrooms36.5%
962 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
630 households
1 bedroom2.6%
69 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.2%
1,850 households
One-person household26.6%
702 households
Other household types3.1%
83 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
1,085 households
1 person in household26.6%
701 households
3 people in household14.7%
387 households
4 people in household14.4%
379 households
5 people in household2.5%
66 households
6 people in household0.6%
17 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.8%
900 residents
15–2910.7%
653 residents
30–4416.6%
1,011 residents
45–6427.2%
1,656 residents
65 and over30.6%
1,861 residents
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
5,905 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
75 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
55 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
26 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
20 residents
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.1%
1,846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
915 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.3%
731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
690 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
490 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.3%
2,727 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.1%
2,309 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,271 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
827 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
713 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
482 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
319 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
279 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
230 residents aged 16 and over
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.1%
2,803 residents
Good health36.4%
2,215 residents
Fair health13.9%
844 residents
Bad health2.9%
174 residents
Very bad health0.7%
45 residents
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
5,026 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
1,057 residents
Wigginton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.7%
1,468 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
883 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.9%
260 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
24 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Wigginton · 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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