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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003904

Looe & Polperro

Looe & Polperro is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,005 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
5,005

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,444

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

413

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.1%

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.

Swanage, Dorset9,426 residents · 69.7% owned · 18.8% no carDartmouth, South Hams5,260 residents · 59.6% owned · 22.3% no carRye & Winchelsea, Rother7,623 residents · 65.1% owned · 18.9% no carBridport South & West Bay, Dorset5,553 residents · 64.0% owned · 20.6% no carVentnor & Wroxall, Isle of Wight7,275 residents · 66.0% owned · 23.2% no carGrange-over-Sands & Cartmel Peninsula, South Lakeland7,942 residents · 77.3% owned · 12.9% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tywardreath & Fowey, Cornwall5,687 residents · 74.7% owned · 12.2% no carPenzance South & Newlyn, Cornwall5,813 residents · 67.6% owned · 21.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Looe & Polperro

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

Tenure

Owned71.8%
1,756 households
Private rented19.5%
476 households
Social rented7.7%
188 households
Shared ownership0.9%
22 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.2%
981 households
Semi-detached19.5%
477 households
Terraced16.9%
413 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.6%
234 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.4%
155 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.7%
90 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3%
74 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
16 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.5%
1,135 households
2 cars or vans in household25.9%
632 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
420 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.4%
255 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.1%
955 households
2 bedrooms30.5%
746 households
4 or more bedrooms20%
489 households
1 bedroom10.3%
252 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60%
1,466 households
One-person household35.4%
864 households
Other household types4.6%
112 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.5%
1,039 households
1 person in household35.4%
864 households
3 people in household11.3%
276 households
4 people in household7.4%
181 households
5 people in household2.5%
62 households
6 people in household0.7%
16 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.5%
477 residents
15–2910.3%
517 residents
30–4411%
552 residents
45–6433.3%
1,666 residents
65 and over35.9%
1,797 residents
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
4,870 residents
Other ethnic group1%
52 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
41 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
36 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
7 residents
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.1%
1,350 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.6%
790 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
638 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.6%
384 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.5%
2,266 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.1%
2,161 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
62 residents aged 16 and over
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers21.3%
958 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.1%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.4%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
259 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.1%
2,009 residents
Good health36.7%
1,836 residents
Fair health16.6%
833 residents
Bad health5.1%
256 residents
Very bad health1.4%
72 residents
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.3%
3,920 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.7%
1,085 residents
Looe & Polperro · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,132 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
896 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.2%
322 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
85 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Looe & Polperro · 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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