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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005437

Skegness Town

Skegness Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,244 residents in East Lindsey. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,244

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,943

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,782.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

16.1%

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.

Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley, East Suffolk7,630 residents · 37.3% owned · 41.7% no carBridlington Hilderthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire5,395 residents · 46.2% owned · 41.4% no carScarborough Town & North Bay, Scarborough7,407 residents · 41.2% owned · 47.9% no carWeston Town, North Somerset10,670 residents · 45.1% owned · 37.2% no carPaignton Central, Torbay9,852 residents · 47.2% owned · 40.5% no carTorquay Central, Torbay7,758 residents · 35.6% owned · 44.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Skegness Town

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

Tenure

Private rented52.5%
1,546 households
Owned39.5%
1,162 households
Social rented7.6%
225 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28.7%
846 households
Semi-detached20.9%
616 households
Detached19.9%
587 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.7%
432 households
Terraced8.1%
239 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop5.2%
153 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
67 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.7%
1,199 households
No cars or vans in household40.4%
1,188 households
2 cars or vans in household14.2%
417 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%
139 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms30.1%
885 households
1 bedroom28%
823 households
3 bedrooms24.2%
713 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
522 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.5%
1,456 households
One-person household43.6%
1,281 households
Other household types6.9%
204 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.5%
1,281 households
2 people in household30.3%
892 households
3 people in household12.5%
368 households
4 people in household8.4%
248 households
5 people in household3.7%
108 households
6 people in household0.7%
22 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515%
938 residents
15–2917.6%
1,101 residents
30–4417.2%
1,072 residents
45–6428.7%
1,790 residents
65 and over21.5%
1,343 residents
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.2%
5,937 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
135 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
109 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
33 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
25 residents
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.8%
1,664 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above16.1%
845 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
837 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
655 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.7%
2,708 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.5%
2,487 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.8%
43 residents aged 16 and over
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.7%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.7%
929 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.2%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
650 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.3%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.5%
235 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.6%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health37.1%
2,315 residents
Good health34.6%
2,158 residents
Fair health18.8%
1,176 residents
Bad health7.3%
453 residents
Very bad health2.3%
142 residents
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74%
4,619 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26%
1,624 residents
Skegness Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.2%
1,125 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension29.3%
864 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.6%
636 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.6%
284 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.2%
35 households
Skegness Town · 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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