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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003274

Bury Park

Bury Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,539 residents in Luton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Luton
11,539

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,362

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,575.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.4%

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.

Highfields South, Leicester11,123 residents · 37.9% owned · 42.0% no carManor Park South, Newham8,357 residents · 33.0% owned · 49.5% no carCrumpsall South, Manchester15,014 residents · 38.2% owned · 34.5% no carLittle Ilford West, Newham7,297 residents · 32.3% owned · 47.3% no carBrown Royd, Bradford7,845 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.1% no carEast Ham West, Newham8,900 residents · 28.6% owned · 52.0% no car

Most similar within Luton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Dallow Road, Luton9,149 residents · 38.9% owned · 33.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bury Park

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

Tenure

Private rented46.1%
1,549 households
Owned36.3%
1,220 households
Social rented17.1%
575 households
Shared ownership0.3%
11 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced30.5%
1,026 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.4%
888 households
Semi-detached22.2%
746 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.5%
354 households
Detached7.4%
250 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.4%
82 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household41.2%
1,385 households
1 car or van in household41.1%
1,383 households
2 cars or vans in household12.3%
415 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.4%
180 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms29.7%
998 households
3 bedrooms29.6%
997 households
1 bedroom24.4%
822 households
4 or more bedrooms16.2%
546 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.4%
1,965 households
One-person household26%
873 households
Other household types15.6%
524 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household26%
873 households
2 people in household16.8%
566 households
4 people in household14.8%
498 households
3 people in household14.4%
483 households
5 people in household12%
405 households
6 people in household7.8%
263 households
8 or more people in household4.7%
157 households
7 people in household3.5%
118 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526%
3,000 residents
15–2922.9%
2,645 residents
30–4424.7%
2,846 residents
45–6419.2%
2,213 residents
65 and over7.2%
834 residents
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh71.1%
8,203 residents
White16.4%
1,890 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.3%
730 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
426 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
290 residents
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.3%
2,535 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25.4%
2,126 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.8%
990 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.6%
969 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5.2%
437 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.3%
4,285 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
3,683 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.7%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed23.8%
1,986 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,417 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.1%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
908 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
810 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
761 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.1%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.7%
392 residents aged 16 and over
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48%
5,533 residents
Good health33.6%
3,878 residents
Fair health12.9%
1,493 residents
Bad health4.2%
490 residents
Very bad health1.3%
145 residents
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.4%
10,090 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.6%
1,449 residents
Bury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,241 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.6%
962 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions25.8%
866 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.8%
262 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
32 households
Bury 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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