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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004944

St Nicholas

St Nicholas is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,141 residents in Stevenage. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,141

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,100

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,940.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

Popley, Basingstoke and Deane14,930 residents · 47.9% owned · 19.9% no carEastleigh West, Eastleigh12,988 residents · 48.5% owned · 17.6% no carTattenham South, Reigate and Banstead6,969 residents · 57.8% owned · 16.1% no carStrood South & Temple Marsh, Medway10,077 residents · 65.6% owned · 15.4% no carWinklebury & Rooksdown, Basingstoke and Deane11,374 residents · 59.5% owned · 17.0% no carBullbrook, Bracknell Forest10,193 residents · 51.9% owned · 19.2% no car

Most similar within Stevenage

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Roebuck, Stevenage7,130 residents · 53.4% owned · 20.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Nicholas

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

Tenure

Owned54.4%
1,687 households
Social rented25.4%
787 households
Private rented14.2%
440 households
Shared ownership6%
185 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced57.6%
1,785 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement24.6%
762 households
Semi-detached10.9%
339 households
Detached4.8%
149 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
50 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,342 households
2 cars or vans in household30.6%
948 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
532 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
278 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.5%
1,471 households
4 or more bedrooms19.5%
604 households
1 bedroom16.5%
513 households
2 bedrooms16.5%
512 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
2,022 households
One-person household26.7%
828 households
Other household types7.9%
246 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.2%
873 households
1 person in household26.7%
828 households
3 people in household18.2%
565 households
4 people in household16.4%
509 households
5 people in household6.3%
194 households
6 people in household2.8%
87 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.3%
1,819 residents
15–2920.1%
1,636 residents
30–4424.3%
1,981 residents
45–6422.8%
1,854 residents
65 and over10.5%
851 residents
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.8%
6,170 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.4%
843 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.7%
708 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
319 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
104 residents
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
1,926 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
979 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.6%
967 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
293 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
170 residents aged 16 and over
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.5%
4,245 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29%
1,794 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
155 residents aged 16 and over
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
1,365 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
860 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.2%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.9%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.5%
588 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
552 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
419 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
386 residents aged 16 and over
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.3%
4,095 residents
Good health34%
2,769 residents
Fair health11.5%
934 residents
Bad health3.4%
280 residents
Very bad health0.8%
63 residents
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
6,836 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,306 residents
St Nicholas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
1,547 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
1,000 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.5%
418 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
126 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
St Nicholas · 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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