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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003404

Leighton Park

Leighton Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,641 residents in Reading. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Reading
8,641

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,279

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,661.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.8%

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.

Churchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carCanley & Westwood Heath, Coventry8,985 residents · 47.8% owned · 31.2% no carPark Barn & Royal Surrey, Guildford9,757 residents · 33.5% owned · 28.2% no carLenton Abbey, University & Wollaton Park, Nottingham16,920 residents · 64.3% owned · 24.1% no carHatfield North & West, Welwyn Hatfield12,556 residents · 43.9% owned · 23.0% no carUxbridge West, Hillingdon10,555 residents · 40.7% owned · 35.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Leighton Park

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

Tenure

Owned46.3%
1,055 households
Social rented31.9%
726 households
Private rented20.4%
466 households
Shared ownership0.9%
21 households
Lives rent free0.5%
11 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached32.3%
736 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.5%
604 households
Terraced23%
525 households
Detached15.4%
351 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
962 households
No cars or vans in household27.5%
626 households
2 cars or vans in household22.6%
516 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%
175 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43%
980 households
2 bedrooms22.9%
523 households
4 or more bedrooms20.7%
472 households
1 bedroom13.3%
304 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.5%
1,312 households
One-person household27.6%
629 households
Other household types14.9%
339 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household27.6%
629 households
2 people in household26.2%
596 households
3 people in household16.5%
377 households
4 people in household14.3%
326 households
5 people in household8.6%
196 households
6 people in household3.6%
81 households
7 people in household2.1%
47 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
27 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.1%
1,304 residents
15–2941.7%
3,607 residents
30–4416%
1,388 residents
45–6417.1%
1,478 residents
65 and over10.1%
871 residents
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White62.6%
5,408 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.3%
1,667 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.8%
843 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
464 residents
Other ethnic group2.9%
252 residents
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications34.2%
2,473 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above28.8%
2,082 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9%
653 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
515 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.8%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.7%
3,593 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.7%
2,942 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.6%
693 residents aged 16 and over
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students38.8%
2,807 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.9%
788 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.3%
747 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.1%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
500 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.4%
466 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.9%
428 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
256 residents aged 16 and over
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
4,436 residents
Good health34.5%
2,982 residents
Fair health10.8%
937 residents
Bad health2.8%
239 residents
Very bad health0.5%
47 residents
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
7,256 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,384 residents
Leighton Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.9%
908 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
820 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.7%
403 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
130 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
16 households
Leighton 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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