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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005335

Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston

Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,551 residents in Blaby. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,551

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,078

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

322.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.3%

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.

Yatton & Cleeve, North Somerset9,845 residents · 79.4% owned · 9.8% no carStoke Heath, Finstall & Bentley, Bromsgrove8,310 residents · 79.3% owned · 6.7% no carNew Longton & Hutton, South Ribble6,116 residents · 87.0% owned · 7.5% no carCodsall, South Staffordshire7,142 residents · 85.7% owned · 7.9% no carSaltford, Farmborough & Timsbury, Bath and North East Somerset9,572 residents · 80.4% owned · 8.9% no carAughton, West Lancashire8,036 residents · 88.0% owned · 9.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston

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

Tenure

Owned82%
2,523 households
Private rented11%
340 households
Social rented6.2%
191 households
Shared ownership0.8%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached58.9%
1,811 households
Semi-detached27.1%
835 households
Terraced8.7%
268 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.7%
113 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.5%
1,216 households
1 car or van in household35.9%
1,106 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.8%
487 households
No cars or vans in household8.7%
269 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.6%
1,310 households
3 bedrooms34.3%
1,056 households
2 bedrooms17.9%
552 households
1 bedroom5.2%
160 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.5%
2,141 households
One-person household26.1%
803 households
Other household types4.4%
136 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,130 households
1 person in household26.1%
803 households
4 people in household15.6%
481 households
3 people in household15.3%
470 households
5 people in household4.7%
145 households
6 people in household1.1%
34 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,255 residents
15–2913.8%
1,042 residents
30–4416.9%
1,274 residents
45–6428.1%
2,123 residents
65 and over24.6%
1,858 residents
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.4%
6,448 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10%
752 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
165 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
121 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
65 residents
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.3%
2,378 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
990 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
847 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
3,564 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
2,531 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,517 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.7%
1,098 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.5%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.9%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.7%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
368 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
265 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
3,884 residents
Good health32%
2,414 residents
Fair health11.9%
898 residents
Bad health3.1%
236 residents
Very bad health1.6%
122 residents
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
6,292 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,259 residents
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.3%
1,735 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.3%
996 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.9%
304 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
40 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston · 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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