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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002978

Meir North

Meir North is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,775 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
6,775

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,950

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,903.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

16.7%

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.

Botcherby & Harraby, Carlisle9,528 residents · 49.7% owned · 32.9% no carChaddesden West, Derby7,966 residents · 44.5% owned · 34.6% no carBilton Grange, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,006 residents · 50.2% owned · 34.7% no carMalinslee, Telford and Wrekin8,336 residents · 39.6% owned · 30.5% no carWalkden North West, Salford6,061 residents · 46.1% owned · 35.8% no carBlacon South, Cheshire West and Chester7,341 residents · 47.9% owned · 33.6% no car

Most similar within Stoke-on-Trent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent7,878 residents · 40.0% owned · 35.8% no carLongton West & Sandford Hill, Stoke-on-Trent10,980 residents · 57.4% owned · 28.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Meir North

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

Tenure

Owned45.5%
1,341 households
Social rented34.5%
1,018 households
Private rented18.9%
559 households
Shared ownership0.7%
20 households
Lives rent free0.4%
12 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.2%
1,715 households
Terraced22%
650 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.7%
374 households
Detached6.2%
182 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,322 households
No cars or vans in household31.2%
919 households
2 cars or vans in household19.3%
569 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%
139 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.7%
1,376 households
2 bedrooms42.7%
1,256 households
1 bedroom7%
207 households
4 or more bedrooms3.6%
105 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.9%
1,824 households
One-person household34.4%
1,013 households
Other household types3.8%
111 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.4%
1,013 households
2 people in household31.6%
930 households
3 people in household15.5%
457 households
4 people in household11.1%
328 households
5 people in household5.2%
153 households
6 people in household1.4%
40 households
7 people in household0.6%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.6%
1,534 residents
15–2917.8%
1,207 residents
30–4420.7%
1,405 residents
45–6423.6%
1,601 residents
65 and over15.2%
1,027 residents
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.1%
6,244 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%
216 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
143 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
140 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
36 residents
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
1,455 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.1%
883 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above16.7%
862 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
807 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
646 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
2,836 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.5%
2,243 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations25.6%
1,322 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.3%
944 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.5%
646 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
490 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
371 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.3%
2,796 residents
Good health33.4%
2,262 residents
Fair health16.3%
1,107 residents
Bad health6.9%
466 residents
Very bad health2.1%
145 residents
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76%
5,146 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24%
1,629 residents
Meir North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.7%
1,051 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,043 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%
635 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.1%
209 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Meir North · 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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