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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003774

St Neots Eaton Socon

St Neots Eaton Socon is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,727 residents in Huntingdonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,727

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,497

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,747

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.5%

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.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Wiltshire7,668 residents · 64.7% owned · 15.6% no carEarl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,630 residents · 67.4% owned · 14.4% no carSawley, Erewash9,388 residents · 69.5% owned · 19.5% no carParson's Heath, Colchester14,114 residents · 71.4% owned · 18.7% no carChorley North, Chorley7,986 residents · 66.6% owned · 19.4% no carStamford North, South Kesteven9,242 residents · 60.2% owned · 20.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Neots Eaton Socon

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

Tenure

Owned64.9%
1,620 households
Social rented20.9%
521 households
Private rented13.8%
345 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached31.5%
787 households
Terraced31.1%
777 households
Detached23.6%
590 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
285 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,082 households
2 cars or vans in household29.7%
741 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
431 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.8%
245 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.6%
1,214 households
2 bedrooms21.7%
543 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
472 households
1 bedroom10.8%
270 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.5%
1,585 households
One-person household31.6%
789 households
Other household types5%
124 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
894 households
1 person in household31.7%
791 households
3 people in household15.5%
387 households
4 people in household12.2%
304 households
5 people in household3.6%
89 households
6 people in household1%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
933 residents
15–2915.3%
875 residents
30–4419.2%
1,097 residents
45–6426%
1,490 residents
65 and over23.3%
1,333 residents
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
5,480 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
90 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
86 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
31 residents
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.5%
1,213 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
805 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
698 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
584 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
125 residents aged 16 and over
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.5%
2,872 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.5%
1,828 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
50 residents aged 16 and over
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.6%
646 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.5%
641 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%
563 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
371 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.5%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
185 residents aged 16 and over
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
2,488 residents
Good health35.9%
2,055 residents
Fair health15%
862 residents
Bad health4.5%
259 residents
Very bad health1.1%
64 residents
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80%
4,580 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20%
1,147 residents
St Neots Eaton Socon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.7%
1,166 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
885 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.2%
379 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
St Neots Eaton Socon · 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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