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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004021

Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell

Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,269 residents in South Lakeland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,269

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,428

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

22.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.4%

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.

Askham, Ullswater & Greystoke, Eden5,500 residents · 71.0% owned · 7.5% no carMoretonhampstead, Lustleigh & East Dartmoor, Teignbridge5,743 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.8% no carPateley Bridge & Nidd Valley, Harrogate6,013 residents · 73.3% owned · 7.8% no carTisbury, Donhead & Tollard Royal, Wiltshire6,163 residents · 68.0% owned · 9.3% no carHaydon Bridge & Allendale, Northumberland8,278 residents · 67.1% owned · 9.4% no carSheriff Hutton, Slingsby & Swinton, Ryedale9,296 residents · 70.5% owned · 6.3% no car

Most similar within South Lakeland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Coniston, Broughton & Kirkby, South Lakeland5,552 residents · 75.5% owned · 6.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell

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

Tenure

Owned70.6%
1,714 households
Private rented21.9%
531 households
Social rented7.2%
176 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached49.2%
1,194 households
Semi-detached27%
655 households
Terraced17.3%
419 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
45 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
39 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
15 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.3%
930 households
1 car or van in household36.1%
876 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19%
460 households
No cars or vans in household6.6%
161 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.7%
1,036 households
4 or more bedrooms30.4%
739 households
2 bedrooms22.7%
550 households
1 bedroom4.2%
102 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.1%
1,628 households
One-person household28.7%
697 households
Other household types4.2%
103 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household46.3%
1,123 households
1 person in household28.6%
695 households
3 people in household12.3%
298 households
4 people in household9.4%
228 households
5 people in household2.4%
59 households
6 people in household0.8%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511%
580 residents
15–2911%
580 residents
30–4412.8%
672 residents
45–6434.3%
1,805 residents
65 and over30.9%
1,630 residents
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.7%
5,201 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
30 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
26 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
7 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
4 residents
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.4%
2,023 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
722 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
596 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
552 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
353 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
2,640 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.4%
1,973 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
42 residents aged 16 and over
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers22.2%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.2%
988 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
814 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.1%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
281 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
205 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.2%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
2,597 residents
Good health34.1%
1,795 residents
Fair health12.4%
654 residents
Bad health3.2%
171 residents
Very bad health1%
54 residents
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.1%
4,376 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.9%
893 residents
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.8%
1,403 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
778 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.9%
217 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell · 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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