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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002898

Lenton & Dunkirk

Lenton & Dunkirk is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,990 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
10,990

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,291

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,108.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

18.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.1%

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.

Fallowfield Central, Manchester11,275 residents · 25.8% owned · 40.3% no carCathays North, Cardiff9,568 residents · 27.9% owned · 32.0% no carCathays South & Bute Park, Cardiff12,253 residents · 15.4% owned · 49.1% no carSt James's Park & Hoopern, Exeter9,733 residents · 30.9% owned · 35.8% no carHyde Park, Leeds8,131 residents · 11.3% owned · 43.2% no carNorth Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne9,505 residents · 37.8% owned · 27.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lenton & Dunkirk

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

Tenure

Private rented66.1%
2,175 households
Owned18.3%
601 households
Social rented15.2%
499 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced30.8%
1,015 households
Semi-detached30.3%
996 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.8%
618 households
Detached13.8%
455 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
137 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household41.8%
1,375 households
1 car or van in household35.8%
1,179 households
2 cars or vans in household13.6%
448 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
291 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41.5%
1,368 households
2 bedrooms23.4%
771 households
3 bedrooms22.8%
750 households
1 bedroom12.3%
405 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Other household types48.2%
1,589 households
Single family household27.2%
897 households
One-person household24.6%
811 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household24.6%
810 households
2 people in household21.3%
701 households
4 people in household14.7%
484 households
3 people in household14.4%
476 households
5 people in household10.4%
343 households
6 people in household8.6%
282 households
7 people in household3.2%
105 households
8 or more people in household2.9%
94 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 156.2%
680 residents
15–2972.6%
7,983 residents
30–449.6%
1,057 residents
45–647.2%
786 residents
65 and over4.4%
483 residents
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.3%
7,292 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.2%
1,783 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.1%
886 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
662 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
372 residents
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications58.8%
6,042 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26.1%
2,680 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6%
617 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4%
410 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.6%
265 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.3%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.2%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive66.4%
6,814 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)19.7%
2,025 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student13.9%
1,430 residents aged 16 and over
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students71.1%
7,304 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.2%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.7%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations2.9%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.2%
230 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.2%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.2%
6,289 residents
Good health32.4%
3,564 residents
Fair health7.7%
848 residents
Bad health2.2%
237 residents
Very bad health0.5%
52 residents
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
9,487 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,504 residents
Lenton & Dunkirk · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.6%
1,500 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,226 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
481 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
83 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Lenton & Dunkirk · 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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