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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003245

North Bretton & Westwood

North Bretton & Westwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,244 residents in Peterborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Peterborough
8,244

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,058

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,962.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.9%

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.

Blackthorn & Lings, West Northamptonshire6,671 residents · 42.5% owned · 26.3% no carCorby Kingswood, North Northamptonshire11,189 residents · 45.2% owned · 31.3% no carBlackbird Leys, Oxford6,557 residents · 38.0% owned · 33.5% no carHuntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor, Huntingdonshire9,057 residents · 44.7% owned · 28.1% no carThetford North, Breckland5,933 residents · 37.0% owned · 29.0% no carStacey Bushes & Fullers Slade, Milton Keynes6,194 residents · 31.3% owned · 27.8% no car

Most similar within Peterborough

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Orton Malborne & Goldhay, Peterborough9,619 residents · 37.2% owned · 31.0% no carBretton Park, Peterborough8,849 residents · 46.0% owned · 28.9% no carPaston, Peterborough12,169 residents · 38.2% owned · 28.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in North Bretton & Westwood

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

Tenure

Social rented39.3%
1,202 households
Owned34.5%
1,054 households
Private rented25%
765 households
Shared ownership0.9%
26 households
Lives rent free0.4%
11 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.6%
1,640 households
Semi-detached19.7%
601 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.3%
559 households
Detached7.2%
220 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,359 households
No cars or vans in household34.2%
1,044 households
2 cars or vans in household17.3%
529 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.1%
125 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.8%
1,616 households
2 bedrooms18%
549 households
1 bedroom15.6%
476 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
417 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.2%
1,871 households
One-person household26.8%
818 households
Other household types12%
368 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household26.8%
818 households
2 people in household25.3%
774 households
3 people in household19.5%
596 households
4 people in household16.1%
491 households
5 people in household7.3%
223 households
6 people in household3.3%
101 households
7 people in household1.3%
39 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.8%
2,048 residents
15–2919.3%
1,593 residents
30–4423.7%
1,957 residents
45–6421.5%
1,776 residents
65 and over10.6%
870 residents
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.2%
6,195 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11%
907 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6%
493 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
338 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
310 residents
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.7%
1,622 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
1,147 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
959 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications15.5%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.8%
781 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
352 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
278 residents aged 16 and over
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
3,697 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37%
2,252 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
135 residents aged 16 and over
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations26.8%
1,629 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
913 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.9%
724 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.6%
220 residents aged 16 and over
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.6%
3,598 residents
Good health35.9%
2,959 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,129 residents
Bad health5.6%
463 residents
Very bad health1.2%
95 residents
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
6,689 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,555 residents
North Bretton & Westwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension39.1%
1,196 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.4%
990 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.6%
629 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.4%
225 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
18 households
North Bretton & Westwood · 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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