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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004917

Letchworth South East

Letchworth South East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,393 residents in North Hertfordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,393

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,694

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,150.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

61.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.7%

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.

Abingdon South, Vale of White Horse7,904 residents · 60.8% owned · 18.9% no carLane End & Booker, Buckinghamshire8,135 residents · 66.7% owned · 15.6% no carParson's Heath, Colchester14,114 residents · 71.4% owned · 18.7% no carSt Neots Eaton Socon, Huntingdonshire5,727 residents · 64.9% owned · 17.2% no carBybrook, Ashford7,029 residents · 59.5% owned · 24.4% no carBurton Winshill, East Staffordshire8,387 residents · 62.7% owned · 20.6% no car

Most similar within North Hertfordshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Letchworth Grange, North Hertfordshire6,808 residents · 51.2% owned · 23.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Letchworth South East

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

Tenure

Owned61.5%
1,658 households
Social rented29.5%
796 households
Private rented8.6%
233 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39%
1,050 households
Detached27.8%
748 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.2%
491 households
Semi-detached14.2%
384 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.1%
1,105 households
2 cars or vans in household29.1%
784 households
No cars or vans in household19%
510 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.9%
292 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.1%
1,295 households
4 or more bedrooms25.1%
677 households
2 bedrooms15.3%
411 households
1 bedroom11.5%
311 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
1,736 households
One-person household30.3%
817 households
Other household types5.4%
145 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.2%
895 households
1 person in household30.3%
817 households
3 people in household16.3%
440 households
4 people in household14%
377 households
5 people in household4.5%
122 households
6 people in household1.3%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,087 residents
15–2915.2%
974 residents
30–4417.5%
1,120 residents
45–6426.2%
1,673 residents
65 and over24.1%
1,541 residents
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.5%
5,272 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.9%
570 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
250 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.4%
220 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
82 residents
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.7%
1,719 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.5%
973 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
740 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
589 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
276 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
175 residents aged 16 and over
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
2,969 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42%
2,208 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,093 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.5%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.4%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.2%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
270 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
255 residents aged 16 and over
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
2,894 residents
Good health35.2%
2,251 residents
Fair health14.2%
905 residents
Bad health4.3%
276 residents
Very bad health1%
66 residents
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.2%
5,126 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.8%
1,267 residents
Letchworth South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.5%
1,254 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
944 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
394 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
96 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Letchworth South 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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