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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003878

Lostock & Wincham

Lostock & Wincham is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,261 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
9,261

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,895

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

154.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.3%

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.

Haddenham, Stretham & Witchford, East Cambridgeshire10,279 residents · 76.1% owned · 8.3% no carArmitage & Colton, Lichfield8,791 residents · 74.7% owned · 10.5% no carAshover & New Tupton, North East Derbyshire8,471 residents · 83.4% owned · 10.4% no carElswick, Singleton & Weeton, Fylde8,512 residents · 77.7% owned · 7.3% no carGreat Chart, Bethersden & Woodchurch, Ashford9,365 residents · 74.2% owned · 8.2% no carClifton & Newton-with-Scales, Fylde6,671 residents · 78.6% owned · 9.5% no car

Most similar within Cheshire West and Chester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Elton, Mickle Trafford & Great Barrow, Cheshire West and Chester8,658 residents · 80.3% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lostock & Wincham

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

Tenure

Owned78.7%
3,064 households
Private rented10.6%
411 households
Social rented9.6%
372 households
Shared ownership1.2%
48 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.2%
1,683 households
Semi-detached35.2%
1,373 households
Terraced13%
505 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure5%
195 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.7%
104 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,514 households
1 car or van in household37.8%
1,470 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.7%
573 households
No cars or vans in household8.6%
336 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.9%
1,709 households
4 or more bedrooms29.6%
1,152 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
867 households
1 bedroom4.2%
165 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.5%
2,744 households
One-person household25.6%
997 households
Other household types3.9%
153 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.9%
1,592 households
1 person in household25.6%
997 households
3 people in household16%
624 households
4 people in household12.6%
491 households
5 people in household3.5%
138 households
6 people in household1%
40 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,441 residents
15–2912.5%
1,156 residents
30–4417.4%
1,616 residents
45–6429.4%
2,720 residents
65 and over25.1%
2,328 residents
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96%
8,888 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
203 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
118 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
43 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
11 residents
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.3%
2,495 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,368 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,274 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
771 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
545 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
4,597 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
3,047 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
1,697 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,180 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
886 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
790 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.6%
276 residents aged 16 and over
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.9%
4,438 residents
Good health33%
3,057 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,314 residents
Bad health4%
372 residents
Very bad health0.9%
80 residents
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.6%
7,554 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.4%
1,707 residents
Lostock & Wincham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.2%
2,073 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,308 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
439 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
69 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Lostock & Wincham · 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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