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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003141

Ford & Blockhouse Park

Ford & Blockhouse Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,958 residents in Plymouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Plymouth
7,958

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,781

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,634.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.5%

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.

Central Chesterfield & Stonegravels, Chesterfield9,584 residents · 44.6% owned · 31.9% no carFolkestone Foord, Folkestone and Hythe7,656 residents · 49.7% owned · 31.2% no carEllacombe, Torbay6,025 residents · 59.7% owned · 25.2% no carOxton South, Wirral8,396 residents · 56.3% owned · 33.3% no carUpton & Hele, Torbay6,846 residents · 50.8% owned · 29.1% no carCentral Darlington & Pierremont, Darlington11,484 residents · 44.0% owned · 40.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ford & Blockhouse Park

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

Tenure

Owned53%
2,005 households
Private rented37.8%
1,431 households
Social rented8.8%
332 households
Shared ownership0.3%
13 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced55.9%
2,114 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.5%
663 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.6%
589 households
Semi-detached6.2%
234 households
Detached2.3%
86 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
59 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.6%
1,800 households
No cars or vans in household29.4%
1,112 households
2 cars or vans in household18.7%
708 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.2%
160 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.3%
1,486 households
3 bedrooms29.5%
1,115 households
1 bedroom20.1%
758 households
4 or more bedrooms11.1%
421 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.3%
1,977 households
One-person household40.8%
1,542 households
Other household types6.9%
261 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.8%
1,543 households
2 people in household32.5%
1,227 households
3 people in household13.4%
505 households
4 people in household8.8%
333 households
5 people in household3.3%
123 households
6 people in household0.9%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,237 residents
15–2920%
1,592 residents
30–4421.9%
1,746 residents
45–6428.1%
2,235 residents
65 and over14.4%
1,148 residents
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
7,483 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
188 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
145 residents
Other ethnic group1%
76 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
69 residents
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.5%
1,896 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.4%
1,360 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
989 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
710 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
439 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
4,142 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36%
2,400 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.1%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.1%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.9%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.7%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
408 residents aged 16 and over
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.9%
3,498 residents
Good health34.1%
2,714 residents
Fair health14.4%
1,145 residents
Bad health5.4%
432 residents
Very bad health2.1%
171 residents
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.1%
6,058 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.9%
1,901 residents
Ford & Blockhouse Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.1%
1,667 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,284 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
626 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
187 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
17 households
Ford & Blockhouse Park · 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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