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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004018

Kendal Town & Greenside

Kendal Town & Greenside is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,320 residents in South Lakeland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,320

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,940

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,923.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.8%

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.

Frome North West, Mendip8,795 residents · 52.0% owned · 23.0% no carStourbridge Town & Old Quarter, Dudley8,168 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.0% no carStroud Town, Stroud11,348 residents · 62.0% owned · 21.5% no carSowerby Bridge, Calderdale9,059 residents · 59.0% owned · 27.5% no carKnaresborough Central, Harrogate6,996 residents · 61.3% owned · 25.9% no carTruro South & Central, Cornwall6,968 residents · 56.4% owned · 27.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kendal Town & Greenside

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

Tenure

Owned54.3%
2,139 households
Private rented22.9%
901 households
Social rented22.3%
877 households
Shared ownership0.4%
14 households
Lives rent free0.2%
9 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30%
1,184 households
Terraced29.5%
1,162 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21%
826 households
Detached8%
316 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.2%
206 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.6%
141 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%
103 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
1,772 households
No cars or vans in household28.8%
1,134 households
2 cars or vans in household20.7%
817 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
217 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%
1,439 households
2 bedrooms31.3%
1,233 households
1 bedroom19.2%
755 households
4 or more bedrooms13%
513 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.9%
2,164 households
One-person household40.2%
1,584 households
Other household types4.8%
191 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.2%
1,584 households
2 people in household31.8%
1,252 households
3 people in household13%
514 households
4 people in household10.8%
427 households
5 people in household3.1%
121 households
6 people in household0.8%
33 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,310 residents
15–2916.6%
1,384 residents
30–4419.8%
1,649 residents
45–6428.3%
2,357 residents
65 and over19.5%
1,624 residents
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.8%
7,972 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
139 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
112 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
71 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
27 residents
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.8%
2,543 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
1,130 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.5%
866 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
653 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.2%
4,236 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37%
2,558 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,396 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.3%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.6%
1,013 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.8%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.8%
3,979 residents
Good health33.3%
2,771 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,126 residents
Bad health4.4%
369 residents
Very bad health0.9%
75 residents
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
6,699 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,621 residents
Kendal Town & Greenside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.1%
1,936 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,301 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
556 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
139 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Kendal Town & Greenside · 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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