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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005403

Whitwick

Whitwick is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,557 residents in North West Leicestershire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,557

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,992

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,247

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.2%

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.

Balderton, Newark and Sherwood10,348 residents · 73.9% owned · 16.3% no carSwanwick & Leabrooks, Amber Valley8,441 residents · 80.3% owned · 13.3% no carEarl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,630 residents · 67.4% owned · 14.4% no carBarwell, Hinckley and Bosworth9,152 residents · 68.9% owned · 14.5% no carScunthorpe Yaddlethorpe, North Lincolnshire6,621 residents · 85.0% owned · 11.7% no carChapeltown, Sheffield10,998 residents · 80.0% owned · 16.6% no car

Most similar within North West Leicestershire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Thringstone & Swannington, North West Leicestershire5,834 residents · 76.5% owned · 13.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitwick

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

Tenure

Owned77.7%
2,324 households
Private rented11.8%
353 households
Social rented10.1%
303 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.6%
1,452 households
Detached30.7%
918 households
Terraced13.8%
413 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.7%
170 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
12 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
1,186 households
2 cars or vans in household33.4%
1,000 households
No cars or vans in household13.8%
412 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.1%
393 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.2%
1,652 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
702 households
4 or more bedrooms14.4%
430 households
1 bedroom7%
208 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
1,955 households
One-person household31.3%
935 households
Other household types3.4%
102 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.9%
1,166 households
1 person in household31.2%
934 households
3 people in household15.7%
471 households
4 people in household10.4%
310 households
5 people in household2.5%
74 households
6 people in household0.9%
28 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
880 residents
15–2915.4%
1,007 residents
30–4417.9%
1,172 residents
45–6429.1%
1,908 residents
65 and over24.2%
1,590 residents
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
6,405 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
63 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
52 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
26 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.2%
1,412 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.3%
1,139 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.6%
1,043 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
812 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
556 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.7%
487 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
158 residents aged 16 and over
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
3,319 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
2,230 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
58 residents aged 16 and over
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,089 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.2%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.6%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.4%
188 residents aged 16 and over
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.7%
2,670 residents
Good health37.6%
2,466 residents
Fair health16%
1,047 residents
Bad health4.5%
294 residents
Very bad health1.2%
81 residents
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.2%
5,261 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.8%
1,296 residents
Whitwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47%
1,405 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,072 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
423 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
87 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Whitwick · 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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