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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003244

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,035 residents in Peterborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Peterborough
10,035

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,788

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,060.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.8%

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.

Wednesbury South, Sandwell11,126 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.0% no carRavenscliffe, Bradford7,007 residents · 45.7% owned · 32.5% no carDarlaston Central, Walsall8,492 residents · 43.0% owned · 31.9% no carStocking Farm & Mowmacre, Leicester11,778 residents · 39.0% owned · 35.2% no carBankfoot, Bradford6,453 residents · 52.4% owned · 35.4% no carWillenhall Park, Walsall9,235 residents · 50.6% owned · 27.4% no car

Most similar within Peterborough

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Paston, Peterborough12,169 residents · 38.2% owned · 28.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dogsthorpe

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

Tenure

Owned45.8%
1,734 households
Social rented35%
1,325 households
Private rented17.4%
661 households
Shared ownership1.6%
61 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68.4%
2,591 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
432 households
Detached11.2%
423 households
Terraced8%
303 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,690 households
No cars or vans in household27%
1,024 households
2 cars or vans in household21.9%
830 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.4%
244 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.4%
1,873 households
2 bedrooms29%
1,101 households
1 bedroom13.9%
528 households
4 or more bedrooms7.6%
289 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.6%
2,296 households
One-person household29.2%
1,108 households
Other household types10.2%
386 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.3%
1,108 households
2 people in household26.2%
994 households
3 people in household17.5%
662 households
4 people in household13.1%
497 households
5 people in household8.7%
330 households
6 people in household3.4%
128 households
7 people in household1.1%
43 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
26 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.7%
2,476 residents
15–2917.5%
1,759 residents
30–4423%
2,306 residents
45–6421.7%
2,175 residents
65 and over13.1%
1,319 residents
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.2%
6,840 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.4%
2,049 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
406 residents
Other ethnic group4%
405 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
336 residents
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.5%
2,336 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.8%
1,316 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.1%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.2%
980 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
395 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.5%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
4,186 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.4%
3,066 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations24%
1,778 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
976 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
764 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.9%
508 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
363 residents aged 16 and over
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.4%
4,255 residents
Good health36.9%
3,704 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,379 residents
Bad health5.3%
529 residents
Very bad health1.7%
168 residents
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2%
8,154 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.8%
1,882 residents
Dogsthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.9%
1,434 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.5%
1,230 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22%
834 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
265 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
25 households
Dogsthorpe · 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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