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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003965

Wigton & Silloth

Wigton & Silloth is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,979 residents in Allerdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,979

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,020

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.4%

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.

Millom & Duddon Valley, Copeland9,753 residents · 72.2% owned · 20.2% no carBrigg & South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire9,586 residents · 68.8% owned · 16.2% no carEvenwood, Cockfield & Staindrop, County Durham12,569 residents · 69.2% owned · 13.0% no carBungay & the Saints, East Suffolk7,261 residents · 67.3% owned · 12.8% no carMarket Rasen & Brookenby, West Lindsey9,727 residents · 69.7% owned · 15.2% no carChirk & Ceiriog Valley, Wrexham6,460 residents · 67.2% owned · 13.1% no car

Most similar within Allerdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Aspatria & Abbeytown, Allerdale8,108 residents · 71.5% owned · 11.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wigton & Silloth

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

Tenure

Owned70.7%
3,551 households
Social rented15.8%
793 households
Private rented13.1%
656 households
Shared ownership0.4%
20 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached33.9%
1,701 households
Semi-detached31.6%
1,588 households
Terraced27.1%
1,363 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
178 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.4%
68 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
57 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
30 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
2,151 households
2 cars or vans in household28.6%
1,437 households
No cars or vans in household17.3%
868 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.3%
566 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.6%
2,440 households
2 bedrooms26.1%
1,310 households
4 or more bedrooms21%
1,057 households
1 bedroom4.3%
215 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64%
3,215 households
One-person household33.2%
1,666 households
Other household types2.8%
142 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.4%
1,926 households
1 person in household33.2%
1,666 households
3 people in household13.6%
682 households
4 people in household10.4%
523 households
5 people in household3.4%
171 households
6 people in household0.8%
41 households
7 people in household0.1%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.3%
1,567 residents
15–2914.9%
1,633 residents
30–4413.8%
1,520 residents
45–6429.2%
3,203 residents
65 and over27.8%
3,058 residents
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White99%
10,866 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%
54 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.3%
33 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
22 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0%
4 residents
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.4%
2,274 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.4%
2,179 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,547 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,366 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
989 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
704 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.2%
5,048 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.5%
4,141 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,665 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
1,567 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
1,392 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.6%
1,174 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.2%
855 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.5%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
358 residents aged 16 and over
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.3%
4,755 residents
Good health34.3%
3,768 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,725 residents
Bad health5.2%
576 residents
Very bad health1.4%
155 residents
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.3%
8,705 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.7%
2,274 residents
Wigton & Silloth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.3%
2,275 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
1,794 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
779 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.4%
172 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Wigton & Silloth · 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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