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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003238

Werrington

Werrington is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,737 residents in Peterborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Peterborough
5,737

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,468

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,883.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.3%

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.

Trowbridge South East, Wiltshire8,118 residents · 62.2% owned · 19.3% no carApley & Leegomery, Telford and Wrekin6,174 residents · 68.4% owned · 15.8% no carAshdown, Hastings8,292 residents · 72.6% owned · 13.6% no carSandy North, Central Bedfordshire5,749 residents · 65.3% owned · 13.2% no carSt Neots Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire10,541 residents · 65.2% owned · 15.6% no carYate West, South Gloucestershire6,302 residents · 70.4% owned · 14.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Werrington

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

Tenure

Owned63.4%
1,565 households
Private rented20.1%
497 households
Social rented15.2%
375 households
Shared ownership1.3%
31 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached46.4%
1,145 households
Semi-detached20.1%
495 households
Terraced19.1%
471 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.5%
334 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,078 households
2 cars or vans in household30.1%
744 households
No cars or vans in household17%
419 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.2%
228 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.4%
996 households
4 or more bedrooms27.3%
673 households
2 bedrooms19.3%
475 households
1 bedroom13.1%
323 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.7%
1,646 households
One-person household28.4%
701 households
Other household types4.8%
119 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
866 households
1 person in household28.4%
701 households
3 people in household19%
468 households
4 people in household12.7%
313 households
5 people in household3.4%
84 households
6 people in household1%
24 households
7 people in household0.5%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,001 residents
15–2916.1%
924 residents
30–4420.4%
1,170 residents
45–6430.9%
1,774 residents
65 and over15.1%
868 residents
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.3%
5,126 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.2%
239 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
178 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
138 residents
Other ethnic group1%
58 residents
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.3%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.7%
874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.9%
836 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.6%
773 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.2%
614 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.5%
3,009 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.1%
1,592 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
64 residents aged 16 and over
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
971 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.4%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14%
654 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.1%
520 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
405 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
320 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
284 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44%
2,523 residents
Good health37.5%
2,152 residents
Fair health13.4%
766 residents
Bad health4%
228 residents
Very bad health1.2%
67 residents
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
4,674 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,063 residents
Werrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.4%
1,219 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.9%
787 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.8%
340 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
113 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
10 households
Werrington · 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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