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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003284

St Lukes

St Lukes is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,208 residents in Southend-on-Sea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southend-on-Sea
11,208

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,639

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,190.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.4%

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.

Podsmead & Linden, Gloucester9,145 residents · 61.2% owned · 22.1% no carBedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth8,058 residents · 63.2% owned · 18.4% no carRoselands, Eastbourne8,823 residents · 65.4% owned · 23.4% no carDroylsden Central, Tameside9,538 residents · 60.3% owned · 28.4% no carMonkwick, Colchester10,502 residents · 60.7% owned · 17.7% no carRainham North East, Medway7,300 residents · 61.3% owned · 20.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Lukes

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

Tenure

Owned63.3%
2,938 households
Private rented25.7%
1,191 households
Social rented10.3%
478 households
Shared ownership0.5%
24 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.7%
1,937 households
Terraced27%
1,253 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.4%
576 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits9.6%
444 households
Detached8.3%
383 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.3%
2,146 households
2 cars or vans in household23.9%
1,111 households
No cars or vans in household22.6%
1,047 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.2%
336 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.2%
2,375 households
2 bedrooms27%
1,254 households
1 bedroom12.4%
574 households
4 or more bedrooms9.4%
437 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
3,031 households
One-person household29%
1,347 households
Other household types5.6%
262 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.4%
1,455 households
1 person in household29%
1,347 households
3 people in household18.5%
860 households
4 people in household14.3%
664 households
5 people in household4.8%
225 households
6 people in household1.3%
62 households
7 people in household0.4%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
2,221 residents
15–2917%
1,906 residents
30–4421.6%
2,417 residents
45–6427.3%
3,061 residents
65 and over14.3%
1,605 residents
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.3%
9,789 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.3%
590 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
362 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
319 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
147 residents
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.4%
1,985 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
1,905 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,594 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,458 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.9%
1,232 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
423 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
269 residents aged 16 and over
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
5,592 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35%
3,102 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
170 residents aged 16 and over
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,678 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
1,305 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
1,219 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.5%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.2%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
490 residents aged 16 and over
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
5,026 residents
Good health35.5%
3,978 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,544 residents
Bad health4.6%
516 residents
Very bad health1.3%
144 residents
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.9%
9,064 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.1%
2,145 residents
St Lukes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.6%
1,931 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,647 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.6%
815 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
227 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
20 households
St Lukes · 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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