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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003247

Bretton Park

Bretton Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,849 residents in Peterborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Peterborough
8,849

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,500

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,337.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Burton Horninglow, East Staffordshire9,159 residents · 57.0% owned · 25.6% no carLinford Wood, Milton Keynes6,588 residents · 43.7% owned · 24.4% no carGrovehill, Dacorum7,780 residents · 51.3% owned · 17.8% no carBrickhill, North Northamptonshire6,044 residents · 63.7% owned · 20.4% no carQueensway, North Northamptonshire6,420 residents · 44.2% owned · 24.6% 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.

Orton Malborne & Goldhay, Peterborough9,619 residents · 37.2% owned · 31.0% no carNorth Bretton & Westwood, Peterborough8,244 residents · 34.5% owned · 34.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bretton Park

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

Tenure

Owned46%
1,609 households
Social rented28%
980 households
Private rented24.8%
868 households
Shared ownership1.1%
38 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46.5%
1,627 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.8%
728 households
Semi-detached18.4%
644 households
Detached13.2%
462 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
1,576 households
No cars or vans in household28.9%
1,011 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
723 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
192 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.8%
1,814 households
4 or more bedrooms17.4%
610 households
2 bedrooms16.1%
565 households
1 bedroom14.6%
513 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.5%
2,121 households
One-person household29.5%
1,032 households
Other household types10%
350 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.3%
1,060 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,032 households
3 people in household17.1%
599 households
4 people in household13.9%
486 households
5 people in household5.9%
205 households
6 people in household2.4%
85 households
7 people in household0.8%
27 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.3%
1,888 residents
15–2917.3%
1,532 residents
30–4423%
2,033 residents
45–6422.8%
2,018 residents
65 and over15.6%
1,378 residents
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79%
6,992 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.4%
831 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.6%
495 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
358 residents
Other ethnic group2%
174 residents
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.3%
1,597 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
934 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
915 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
417 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.8%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.9%
4,105 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.2%
2,621 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.3%
1,459 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.9%
1,158 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
930 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.3%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
539 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.8%
468 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
425 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
411 residents aged 16 and over
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.2%
3,730 residents
Good health36.4%
3,219 residents
Fair health15.3%
1,351 residents
Bad health4.6%
411 residents
Very bad health1.6%
138 residents
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
7,062 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
1,787 residents
Bretton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.8%
1,395 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
1,279 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.1%
635 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
177 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
16 households
Bretton 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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