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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003955

Newquay East

Newquay East is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,077 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
10,077

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,459

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,487.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.7%

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.

Hamworthy East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,781 residents · 62.6% owned · 17.6% no carOakdale East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,291 residents · 65.0% owned · 16.8% no carFoley Park, Wyre Forest7,564 residents · 63.2% owned · 20.1% no carNetley, Eastleigh5,443 residents · 62.0% owned · 14.9% no carChelston, Cockington & Livermead, Torbay11,286 residents · 69.9% owned · 16.8% no carMarket Drayton, Shropshire12,588 residents · 65.0% owned · 17.6% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Redruth South, Cornwall8,260 residents · 68.1% owned · 15.4% no carLaunceston, Cornwall10,248 residents · 55.5% owned · 17.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Newquay East

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

Tenure

Owned63.1%
2,813 households
Private rented25.8%
1,149 households
Social rented10.3%
458 households
Shared ownership0.9%
38 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached27.9%
1,245 households
Semi-detached27.6%
1,229 households
Terraced20.1%
896 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.2%
722 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.5%
244 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
38 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.7%
1,903 households
2 cars or vans in household27.8%
1,239 households
No cars or vans in household19.6%
875 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.9%
442 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%
1,629 households
2 bedrooms29.6%
1,320 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
787 households
1 bedroom16.2%
722 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.3%
2,689 households
One-person household33%
1,472 households
Other household types6.7%
298 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,561 households
1 person in household33%
1,472 households
3 people in household15.3%
682 households
4 people in household11.5%
514 households
5 people in household3.5%
156 households
6 people in household1%
46 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,568 residents
15–2915.8%
1,597 residents
30–4419.7%
1,988 residents
45–6427.3%
2,756 residents
65 and over21.5%
2,168 residents
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96%
9,680 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
193 residents
Other ethnic group1%
99 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
91 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.7%
2,328 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
1,592 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.4%
1,466 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
943 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
628 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
224 residents aged 16 and over
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
4,890 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
3,412 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
1,552 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16%
1,345 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
1,223 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.1%
1,186 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10%
840 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
575 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
394 residents aged 16 and over
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.2%
4,760 residents
Good health33.3%
3,358 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,381 residents
Bad health4.5%
454 residents
Very bad health1.3%
126 residents
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
8,168 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,909 residents
Newquay East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.8%
1,996 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
1,587 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15%
671 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
182 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
23 households
Newquay East · 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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