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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002849

West End & Westcotes

West End & Westcotes is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,815 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
13,815

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,181

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,966.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.8%

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.

Bevois Town, Southampton6,759 residents · 24.8% owned · 38.0% no carSt Denys, Southampton7,923 residents · 33.8% owned · 33.8% no carPelham Bridge & South Common, Lincoln8,314 residents · 27.4% owned · 44.5% no carSouthsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no carNewland South, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,154 residents · 23.7% owned · 49.6% no carShelton & Joiner's Square, Stoke-on-Trent10,329 residents · 36.7% owned · 39.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in West End & Westcotes

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

Tenure

Private rented62.3%
3,228 households
Owned25%
1,293 households
Social rented11.9%
619 households
Shared ownership0.6%
31 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.6%
2,102 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.2%
1,305 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.8%
664 households
Semi-detached11.3%
586 households
Detached5.3%
277 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
127 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.2%
116 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.2%
2,444 households
1 car or van in household39.5%
2,048 households
2 cars or vans in household10.6%
550 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.7%
138 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33%
1,709 households
1 bedroom28.4%
1,470 households
3 bedrooms22.7%
1,174 households
4 or more bedrooms16%
828 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.1%
2,286 households
One-person household37%
1,918 households
Other household types18.9%
981 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37%
1,918 households
2 people in household27.7%
1,437 households
3 people in household16.1%
832 households
4 people in household10.6%
549 households
5 people in household4.7%
245 households
6 people in household2.6%
133 households
7 people in household0.7%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
32 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.6%
1,737 residents
15–2941.9%
5,791 residents
30–4422.6%
3,127 residents
45–6415.4%
2,130 residents
65 and over7.4%
1,027 residents
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White61.2%
8,457 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.6%
2,573 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.9%
1,507 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
674 residents
Other ethnic group4.4%
608 residents
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.8%
3,697 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications26.5%
3,180 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18%
2,158 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.6%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
976 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
511 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
445 residents aged 16 and over
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.9%
5,869 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
4,889 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student10.3%
1,234 residents aged 16 and over
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students31.9%
3,822 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations19.7%
2,366 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
1,270 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
1,005 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.2%
979 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6%
723 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.7%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
459 residents aged 16 and over
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
6,736 residents
Good health36.7%
5,070 residents
Fair health10.9%
1,502 residents
Bad health2.7%
378 residents
Very bad health0.9%
128 residents
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
11,808 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
2,007 residents
West End & Westcotes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.9%
2,172 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,908 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
862 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.3%
223 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
16 households
West End & Westcotes · 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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