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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005267

St George's

St George's is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,374 residents in Preston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,374

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,026

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,699.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

51.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.2%

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.

Middlesbrough Central, Middlesbrough11,864 residents · 24.9% owned · 55.8% no carAspley, Longley & University, Kirklees8,124 residents · 38.6% owned · 40.1% no carGreenstead, Colchester11,349 residents · 27.0% owned · 40.6% no carCanterbury Barracks, Canterbury9,728 residents · 26.5% owned · 41.2% no carSomers Town, Portsmouth10,937 residents · 20.5% owned · 52.1% no carHillfields, Coventry13,439 residents · 22.2% owned · 50.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St George's

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

Tenure

Private rented33.6%
681 households
Social rented33.3%
675 households
Owned32.5%
658 households
Shared ownership0.4%
8 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.1%
956 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement33.4%
678 households
Semi-detached8.5%
172 households
Detached4.8%
98 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.1%
62 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
26 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household51.3%
1,040 households
1 car or van in household34.9%
708 households
2 cars or vans in household10.7%
217 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
62 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.3%
654 households
3 bedrooms29.4%
595 households
1 bedroom25.3%
513 households
4 or more bedrooms13.1%
265 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.8%
1,049 households
One-person household37%
750 households
Other household types11.2%
227 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37%
750 households
2 people in household24.6%
499 households
3 people in household13.5%
274 households
4 people in household10.9%
221 households
5 people in household7.8%
159 households
6 people in household3.5%
71 households
7 people in household1.6%
32 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,000 residents
15–2942.9%
2,734 residents
30–4417.7%
1,126 residents
45–6416.8%
1,069 residents
65 and over7%
449 residents
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh48%
3,061 residents
White40.9%
2,606 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
264 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
253 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
189 residents
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications28.4%
1,509 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.2%
1,234 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.9%
1,219 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.7%
568 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.3%
443 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
145 residents aged 16 and over
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.7%
2,746 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)35.7%
1,895 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student12.7%
674 residents aged 16 and over
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students37.3%
1,982 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15%
796 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.6%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.1%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.1%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5%
265 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations2.8%
150 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
149 residents aged 16 and over
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.2%
3,008 residents
Good health34.3%
2,190 residents
Fair health12.1%
774 residents
Bad health5.1%
327 residents
Very bad health1.2%
77 residents
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
5,191 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,182 residents
St George's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36%
730 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.4%
637 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23%
466 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.3%
188 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
6 households
St George's · 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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