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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002788

Holgate East

Holgate East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,303 residents in York. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for York
8,303

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,918

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,861.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

53.9%

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.

Chester Boughton East, Cheshire West and Chester6,915 residents · 61.5% owned · 22.2% no carHitchin Bearton, North Hertfordshire8,160 residents · 58.1% owned · 20.5% no carChapel Allerton North, Leeds7,035 residents · 63.4% owned · 21.4% no carWalcot, Bath and North East Somerset5,857 residents · 55.4% owned · 29.7% no carHertford South, East Hertfordshire9,632 residents · 60.0% owned · 17.5% no carSouthsea Prince Albert Road, Portsmouth6,319 residents · 58.5% owned · 25.7% no car

Most similar within York

The closest matches in the same local authority.

South Bank & Dringhouses, York7,759 residents · 71.0% owned · 20.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Holgate East

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

Tenure

Owned60.7%
2,379 households
Private rented32.3%
1,264 households
Social rented6.3%
248 households
Shared ownership0.6%
23 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced52.4%
2,052 households
Semi-detached22.9%
898 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.3%
559 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
165 households
Detached4%
157 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
64 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household53.5%
2,098 households
No cars or vans in household26.5%
1,037 households
2 cars or vans in household17%
665 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3%
118 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.3%
1,463 households
3 bedrooms31.9%
1,249 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
739 households
1 bedroom11.9%
468 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.7%
2,299 households
One-person household34.2%
1,341 households
Other household types7.1%
279 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.4%
1,544 households
1 person in household34.2%
1,340 households
3 people in household12.6%
495 households
4 people in household10.8%
424 households
5 people in household2.6%
100 households
6 people in household0.3%
10 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.6%
1,213 residents
15–2920.7%
1,722 residents
30–4424%
1,993 residents
45–6426.4%
2,195 residents
65 and over14.3%
1,185 residents
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.5%
7,845 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
200 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
166 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
50 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
41 residents
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above53.9%
3,784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
730 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.7%
685 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6%
425 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.3%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68%
4,780 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29%
2,038 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,710 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,497 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
685 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.8%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.6%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
374 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.1%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.6%
4,286 residents
Good health34.2%
2,838 residents
Fair health10.9%
904 residents
Bad health2.6%
220 residents
Very bad health0.7%
57 residents
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.3%
7,079 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.7%
1,223 residents
Holgate East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.6%
2,416 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.5%
1,118 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
328 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
55 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Holgate East · 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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