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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002794

Fulford, Heslington & University

Fulford, Heslington & University is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,540 residents in York. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for York
10,540

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,213

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

207.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.8%

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.

Pennsylvania & University, Exeter11,065 residents · 74.0% owned · 14.1% no carBlean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University, Canterbury11,032 residents · 78.9% owned · 13.5% no carUniversity, Galgate & Dolphinholme, Lancaster10,904 residents · 78.2% owned · 9.5% no carEnglefield Green & University, Runnymede11,826 residents · 49.7% owned · 19.1% no carLoughborough - University, Charnwood11,274 residents · 54.3% owned · 20.9% no carCannon Park & University, Coventry9,105 residents · 70.8% owned · 23.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fulford, Heslington & University

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

Tenure

Owned70.6%
1,563 households
Private rented18.8%
415 households
Social rented9.9%
219 households
Shared ownership0.6%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached36.9%
817 households
Semi-detached34.5%
765 households
Terraced15.3%
338 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.1%
245 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
7 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
991 households
2 cars or vans in household27.3%
603 households
No cars or vans in household18.2%
403 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.7%
214 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms34.8%
771 households
3 bedrooms33.3%
738 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
528 households
1 bedroom8%
176 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.4%
1,449 households
One-person household27.6%
610 households
Other household types7%
155 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.5%
809 households
1 person in household27.6%
610 households
3 people in household16.1%
357 households
4 people in household13.6%
300 households
5 people in household4.5%
99 households
6 people in household1.2%
27 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
8 households
7 people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.8%
825 residents
15–2957.6%
6,070 residents
30–448.7%
919 residents
45–6413.5%
1,427 residents
65 and over12.3%
1,301 residents
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.9%
8,843 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.5%
998 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
386 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
161 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
151 residents
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications53.5%
5,159 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above27.8%
2,688 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications5.8%
564 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.4%
519 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.1%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.5%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive64.3%
6,209 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)24.4%
2,350 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student11.3%
1,090 residents aged 16 and over
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students59.2%
5,710 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
951 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.5%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.9%
475 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4.7%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4%
386 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.3%
323 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.7%
265 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.7%
161 residents aged 16 and over
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
5,405 residents
Good health36%
3,798 residents
Fair health10.1%
1,064 residents
Bad health2.1%
225 residents
Very bad health0.5%
51 residents
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
8,726 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,814 residents
Fulford, Heslington & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.4%
1,227 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
753 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9%
200 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
30 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Fulford, Heslington & University · 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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