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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003943

St Ives & Halsetown

St Ives & Halsetown is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,882 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
6,882

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,237

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

684.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.8%

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.

Dartmouth, South Hams5,260 residents · 59.6% owned · 22.3% no carKingsbridge, South Hams6,285 residents · 61.5% owned · 17.7% no carTenby & Caldey, Pembrokeshire5,786 residents · 63.9% owned · 23.6% no carTavistock, West Devon12,672 residents · 69.4% owned · 17.7% no carLudlow Town, Shropshire10,714 residents · 62.3% owned · 20.6% no carIlfracombe West, North Devon5,891 residents · 64.6% owned · 22.6% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bude & Stratton, Cornwall10,596 residents · 63.3% owned · 18.0% no carPenzance South & Newlyn, Cornwall5,813 residents · 67.6% owned · 21.5% no carHayle, Cornwall10,298 residents · 62.9% owned · 16.6% no carWadebridge, Cornwall6,811 residents · 65.5% owned · 15.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Ives & Halsetown

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

Tenure

Owned59.4%
1,923 households
Social rented21.6%
699 households
Private rented17.2%
557 households
Shared ownership1.7%
56 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced29.9%
968 households
Semi-detached25.9%
841 households
Detached23%
744 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11%
357 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.7%
217 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
56 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
48 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
10 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%
1,470 households
No cars or vans in household24.7%
798 households
2 cars or vans in household22.5%
729 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.3%
237 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.3%
1,207 households
2 bedrooms30.1%
974 households
4 or more bedrooms18.4%
597 households
1 bedroom14.2%
459 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.8%
1,937 households
One-person household35.3%
1,144 households
Other household types4.9%
158 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.6%
1,248 households
1 person in household35.4%
1,144 households
3 people in household13%
420 households
4 people in household8.5%
275 households
5 people in household3.2%
105 households
6 people in household0.8%
27 households
7 people in household0.5%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
913 residents
15–2913.1%
899 residents
30–4415.2%
1,046 residents
45–6429.4%
2,024 residents
65 and over29.1%
2,001 residents
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
6,565 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
122 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
103 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
77 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.8%
1,876 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,005 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
852 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
590 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
164 residents aged 16 and over
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.1%
3,022 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48%
2,836 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
53 residents aged 16 and over
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,097 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers18.5%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
783 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.1%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
517 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
238 residents aged 16 and over
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
3,117 residents
Good health32.7%
2,252 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,010 residents
Bad health5.6%
387 residents
Very bad health1.7%
118 residents
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
5,379 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
1,503 residents
St Ives & Halsetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.6%
1,412 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,136 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.9%
547 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
St Ives & Halsetown · 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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