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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003844

Little Neston

Little Neston is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,636 residents in Cheshire West and Chester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire West and Chester
6,636

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,978

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,615.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.6%

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.

Harwood, Bolton8,350 residents · 85.4% owned · 13.5% no carGreasby, Wirral8,076 residents · 87.2% owned · 12.1% no carShevington, Wigan10,174 residents · 84.4% owned · 11.8% no carKeyworth South, Rushcliffe5,082 residents · 77.3% owned · 15.0% no carBorrowash & Ockbrook, Erewash7,167 residents · 77.2% owned · 14.2% no carPontefract South West, Wakefield7,471 residents · 77.9% owned · 17.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Neston

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

Tenure

Owned81.8%
2,436 households
Private rented10%
298 households
Social rented7.8%
232 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45.4%
1,352 households
Semi-detached38.2%
1,139 households
Terraced11.4%
340 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.1%
122 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.1%
1,194 households
2 cars or vans in household36.1%
1,075 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.4%
370 households
No cars or vans in household11.4%
339 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.2%
1,555 households
4 or more bedrooms23%
684 households
2 bedrooms20.3%
606 households
1 bedroom4.5%
134 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.3%
1,979 households
One-person household29.2%
871 households
Other household types4.5%
133 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.8%
1,186 households
1 person in household29.2%
871 households
3 people in household15.6%
466 households
4 people in household10.7%
320 households
5 people in household3.5%
104 households
6 people in household0.8%
25 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
886 residents
15–2914%
930 residents
30–4415%
993 residents
45–6428.3%
1,877 residents
65 and over29.4%
1,950 residents
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
6,495 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
63 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
54 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
9 residents
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.6%
2,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.4%
1,105 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
739 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.9%
733 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
510 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
399 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.6%
2,876 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.5%
2,701 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
106 residents aged 16 and over
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
1,377 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
585 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
340 residents aged 16 and over
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.8%
3,169 residents
Good health34.1%
2,260 residents
Fair health13%
864 residents
Bad health4%
268 residents
Very bad health1.1%
73 residents
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.9%
5,370 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.1%
1,266 residents
Little Neston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.4%
1,591 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,000 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
337 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Little Neston · 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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