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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003877

Helsby & Kingsley

Helsby & Kingsley is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,598 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
9,598

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,243

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

223.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.1%

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.

Houghton, Hemingford & Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire10,037 residents · 77.0% owned · 8.0% no carHorndean South & Rowlands Castle, East Hampshire7,396 residents · 80.9% owned · 7.9% no carDisley & Lyme Park, Cheshire East6,145 residents · 83.4% owned · 9.5% no carWalton, Woolley & Bretton, Wakefield6,278 residents · 81.5% owned · 10.0% no carNorth Baddesley & Braishfield, Test Valley10,903 residents · 78.5% owned · 9.5% no carFairford & Lechlade, Cotswold9,264 residents · 70.5% owned · 8.2% no car

Most similar within Cheshire West and Chester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Davenham & Moulton, Cheshire West and Chester6,448 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.3% no carTarporley & Eddisbury Hill, Cheshire West and Chester6,434 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.4% no carSandiway, Cheshire West and Chester8,930 residents · 83.9% owned · 6.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Helsby & Kingsley

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

Tenure

Owned82%
3,480 households
Private rented10.3%
435 households
Social rented5.3%
227 households
Shared ownership2.4%
100 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.8%
1,899 households
Semi-detached33.1%
1,403 households
Terraced12.4%
526 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5%
212 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.8%
117 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
60 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.8%
1,645 households
1 car or van in household37.6%
1,593 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.8%
628 households
No cars or vans in household8.8%
374 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.5%
1,759 households
4 or more bedrooms32.1%
1,360 households
2 bedrooms21.2%
899 households
1 bedroom5.3%
223 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.4%
2,945 households
One-person household27.7%
1,176 households
Other household types2.8%
120 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.8%
1,775 households
1 person in household27.7%
1,176 households
3 people in household15%
636 households
4 people in household11.4%
485 households
5 people in household2.9%
125 households
6 people in household0.8%
32 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
1,317 residents
15–2912.9%
1,236 residents
30–4414.9%
1,427 residents
45–6430.8%
2,955 residents
65 and over27.7%
2,658 residents
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
9,343 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
113 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
109 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
25 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
7 residents
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.1%
3,604 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
1,011 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
585 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
421 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.2%
4,598 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
3,479 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
2,054 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,663 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
974 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
923 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
709 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
616 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
359 residents aged 16 and over
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.9%
4,890 residents
Good health32.7%
3,144 residents
Fair health12.4%
1,194 residents
Bad health3.1%
299 residents
Very bad health0.8%
76 residents
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.5%
8,017 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.5%
1,579 residents
Helsby & Kingsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.6%
2,484 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
1,326 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9%
380 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
50 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Helsby & Kingsley · 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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