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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004013

Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore

Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,218 residents in Eden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,218

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,623

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

22.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Ingleton & High Bentham, Craven7,422 residents · 73.9% owned · 10.5% no carKirkbymoorside & Moors, Ryedale6,349 residents · 69.9% owned · 10.7% no carLeyburn, Middleham & Tunstall, Richmondshire8,554 residents · 68.2% owned · 10.1% no carHaydon Bridge & Allendale, Northumberland8,278 residents · 67.1% owned · 9.4% no carHelmsley & Ampleforth, Ryedale7,097 residents · 66.0% owned · 9.7% no carKendal East & Whinfell, South Lakeland7,649 residents · 81.9% owned · 11.5% no car

Most similar within Eden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kirkby Stephen, Tebay & Brough, Eden7,724 residents · 72.7% owned · 9.3% no carLangwathby, Kirkoswald & Alston Moor, Eden6,437 residents · 75.8% owned · 7.2% no carAskham, Ullswater & Greystoke, Eden5,500 residents · 71.0% owned · 7.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore

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

Tenure

Owned72%
3,329 households
Private rented19.1%
883 households
Social rented7.7%
355 households
Shared ownership1.2%
56 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40%
1,849 households
Semi-detached34.2%
1,583 households
Terraced19.2%
887 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.9%
181 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
44 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
40 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
6 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.9%
1,844 households
2 cars or vans in household34.8%
1,609 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16%
738 households
No cars or vans in household9.3%
432 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.5%
2,151 households
4 or more bedrooms26.9%
1,243 households
2 bedrooms21.9%
1,012 households
1 bedroom4.7%
217 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.9%
3,047 households
One-person household31.1%
1,439 households
Other household types3%
138 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.3%
1,862 households
1 person in household31.1%
1,439 households
3 people in household12.7%
585 households
4 people in household11.2%
516 households
5 people in household3.2%
150 households
6 people in household1%
48 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
1,396 residents
15–2914.1%
1,444 residents
30–4413.8%
1,412 residents
45–6431%
3,171 residents
65 and over27.3%
2,793 residents
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White99%
10,117 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%
48 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.2%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
14 residents
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
2,760 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
1,552 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
1,511 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,273 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
849 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
583 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
5,092 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.3%
3,516 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers19.3%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,634 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,166 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.9%
1,040 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
917 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
4,831 residents
Good health35.2%
3,592 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,350 residents
Bad health3.3%
340 residents
Very bad health1%
105 residents
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
8,547 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,671 residents
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52%
2,404 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,657 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
494 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
67 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Appleby, Shap & Kirkby Thore · 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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