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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003249

Fengate & Parnwell

Fengate & Parnwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,822 residents in Peterborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Peterborough
12,822

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,016

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,470.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.2%

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.

Kingsbrook, Bedford10,684 residents · 45.9% owned · 26.8% no carBurton Shobnall, East Staffordshire8,470 residents · 45.0% owned · 31.8% no carRedditch Town & Abbeydale, Redditch7,018 residents · 39.0% owned · 32.9% no carLongford, Coventry8,072 residents · 56.7% owned · 25.2% no carAgbrigg & Belle Isle, Wakefield8,990 residents · 39.9% owned · 35.2% no carCalifornia & Southcourt, Buckinghamshire7,416 residents · 43.0% owned · 24.4% 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 Fengate & Parnwell

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

Tenure

Owned45.5%
2,284 households
Social rented26.5%
1,331 households
Private rented25.8%
1,293 households
Shared ownership1.9%
95 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.1%
1,912 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.6%
1,035 households
Detached17.9%
900 households
Terraced17.5%
879 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.8%
193 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
58 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
12 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.9%
2,353 households
No cars or vans in household27.8%
1,397 households
2 cars or vans in household19.7%
991 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
278 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.1%
1,964 households
2 bedrooms33.9%
1,702 households
1 bedroom15.1%
757 households
4 or more bedrooms11.9%
596 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.3%
2,976 households
One-person household30.1%
1,512 households
Other household types10.6%
530 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.1%
1,512 households
2 people in household29%
1,457 households
3 people in household17%
853 households
4 people in household12.7%
637 households
5 people in household6.1%
305 households
6 people in household3%
149 households
7 people in household1.3%
65 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
42 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.2%
2,969 residents
15–2919.3%
2,474 residents
30–4424.5%
3,138 residents
45–6421%
2,688 residents
65 and over12.1%
1,553 residents
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White67.6%
8,663 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.1%
2,450 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.7%
597 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
567 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
545 residents
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.2%
2,634 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.2%
2,149 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
1,344 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
1,311 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
588 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
444 residents aged 16 and over
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.6%
5,958 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.7%
3,553 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.3%
2,254 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,342 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
1,316 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.9%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
588 residents aged 16 and over
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
5,761 residents
Good health36.6%
4,700 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,694 residents
Bad health3.8%
482 residents
Very bad health1.5%
188 residents
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
10,834 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,988 residents
Fengate & Parnwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.1%
1,964 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.5%
1,884 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.6%
884 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.3%
266 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
23 households
Fengate & Parnwell · 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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