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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005422

Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen

Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,690 residents in Boston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,690

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,876

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.8%

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 Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen

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

Tenure

Owned72.1%
2,073 households
Social rented15.8%
454 households
Private rented11%
316 households
Shared ownership1.1%
33 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached58.3%
1,678 households
Semi-detached34.2%
983 households
Terraced4.5%
130 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.1%
32 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
1,141 households
2 cars or vans in household34.4%
990 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.9%
485 households
No cars or vans in household9%
260 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.3%
1,389 households
2 bedrooms24.8%
713 households
4 or more bedrooms22.9%
659 households
1 bedroom4%
115 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.3%
1,963 households
One-person household26.4%
758 households
Other household types5.3%
151 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42%
1,207 households
1 person in household26.4%
758 households
3 people in household14.1%
405 households
4 people in household10.8%
310 households
5 people in household4.9%
142 households
6 people in household1.1%
32 households
7 people in household0.6%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,033 residents
15–2914.9%
998 residents
30–4415.6%
1,046 residents
45–6428.9%
1,934 residents
65 and over25.1%
1,678 residents
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
6,572 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
62 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
34 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
9 residents
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24%
1,342 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.8%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
950 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.8%
769 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.3%
3,090 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.5%
2,429 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,055 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.9%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
758 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.1%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
428 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.7%
2,721 residents
Good health36.4%
2,437 residents
Fair health16.4%
1,097 residents
Bad health5.1%
340 residents
Very bad health1.4%
96 residents
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79%
5,288 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21%
1,402 residents
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.1%
1,212 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,072 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.3%
468 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.2%
121 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen · 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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