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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005420

Skirbeck

Skirbeck is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,858 residents in Boston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,858

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,740

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,617.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

16.3%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Skirbeck

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

Tenure

Owned52.2%
1,953 households
Social rented26.3%
985 households
Private rented20%
749 households
Shared ownership1.3%
47 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.2%
1,768 households
Detached23%
862 households
Terraced18.8%
704 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.1%
340 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
32 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
25 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%
1,701 households
2 cars or vans in household23.8%
889 households
No cars or vans in household23.6%
884 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
267 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.9%
1,793 households
2 bedrooms33.7%
1,259 households
1 bedroom10.6%
396 households
4 or more bedrooms7.8%
293 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.9%
2,279 households
One-person household30.6%
1,145 households
Other household types8.5%
317 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.6%
1,218 households
1 person in household30.6%
1,145 households
3 people in household16.8%
628 households
4 people in household13%
486 households
5 people in household5.1%
190 households
6 people in household1.5%
56 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,627 residents
15–2917.4%
1,543 residents
30–4421%
1,864 residents
45–6424.7%
2,189 residents
65 and over18.5%
1,637 residents
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.7%
8,394 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
154 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
147 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
123 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
42 residents
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.2%
2,147 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above16.3%
1,157 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,012 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.4%
529 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.9%
4,335 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
2,654 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations26.7%
1,897 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.8%
1,266 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.6%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8%
568 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
535 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.2%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.4%
3,671 residents
Good health36.9%
3,270 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,390 residents
Bad health4.8%
421 residents
Very bad health1.2%
106 residents
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
7,263 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,596 residents
Skirbeck · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38%
1,421 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38%
1,420 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.8%
703 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
182 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Skirbeck · 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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