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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002970

Fenton

Fenton is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,955 residents in Stoke-on-Trent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Stoke-on-Trent
7,955

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,793

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,527.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

48.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.7%

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.

Drypool & Victoria Dock, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,267 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.4% no carBeverley North, East Riding of Yorkshire6,043 residents · 47.1% owned · 32.0% no carHeywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no carCastleford Town, Wakefield8,669 residents · 59.0% owned · 32.0% no carAccrington North East, Hyndburn12,511 residents · 57.4% owned · 30.9% no carFarnworth South, Bolton8,204 residents · 48.6% owned · 36.4% no car

Most similar within Stoke-on-Trent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent7,091 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.6% no carLongton West & Sandford Hill, Stoke-on-Trent10,980 residents · 57.4% owned · 28.3% no carLongport & Burslem Park, Stoke-on-Trent9,042 residents · 37.3% owned · 36.8% no carBoothen & Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent9,443 residents · 44.1% owned · 37.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fenton

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

Tenure

Owned48%
1,822 households
Private rented31.1%
1,180 households
Social rented19.7%
749 households
Lives rent free0.9%
35 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced60.5%
2,295 households
Semi-detached25.7%
977 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.5%
321 households
Detached3.2%
122 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
37 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.1%
1,749 households
No cars or vans in household34.4%
1,306 households
2 cars or vans in household15.6%
593 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
145 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms59.3%
2,249 households
3 bedrooms28.2%
1,068 households
1 bedroom9%
343 households
4 or more bedrooms3.5%
133 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.8%
2,078 households
One-person household40.2%
1,524 households
Other household types5%
191 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.2%
1,525 households
2 people in household32%
1,214 households
3 people in household14.6%
555 households
4 people in household8.2%
310 households
5 people in household3.3%
127 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,513 residents
15–2919.3%
1,538 residents
30–4420.7%
1,648 residents
45–6424.9%
1,983 residents
65 and over16%
1,271 residents
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.1%
7,006 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.6%
446 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
242 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
178 residents
Other ethnic group1%
80 residents
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
1,792 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.7%
1,191 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
785 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.2%
3,641 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.1%
2,551 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations26.2%
1,669 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.7%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.6%
740 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
626 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.9%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.9%
3,257 residents
Good health35.2%
2,797 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,251 residents
Bad health6.4%
506 residents
Very bad health1.8%
144 residents
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.6%
6,095 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.4%
1,859 residents
Fenton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.7%
1,431 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,398 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.1%
723 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
230 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Fenton · 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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