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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005447

Pelham Bridge & South Common

Pelham Bridge & South Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,314 residents in Lincoln. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,314

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,567

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,433.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

27.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Newland South, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,154 residents · 23.7% owned · 49.6% no carShelton & Joiner's Square, Stoke-on-Trent10,329 residents · 36.7% owned · 39.4% no carWest End & Westcotes, Leicester13,815 residents · 25.0% owned · 47.2% no carNew Zealand, Derby6,401 residents · 30.1% owned · 36.3% no carSt Paul's, Cheltenham8,096 residents · 40.1% owned · 32.2% no carCathedral Quarter & California, Derby12,267 residents · 21.1% owned · 49.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pelham Bridge & South Common

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

Tenure

Private rented56.5%
2,014 households
Owned27.4%
977 households
Social rented15.2%
543 households
Shared ownership0.5%
18 households
Lives rent free0.4%
15 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced52%
1,854 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.4%
800 households
Semi-detached10.6%
378 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.2%
222 households
Detached5.4%
194 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
61 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
56 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.5%
1,589 households
1 car or van in household40.1%
1,431 households
2 cars or vans in household11.9%
424 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
125 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33.2%
1,183 households
3 bedrooms30.4%
1,082 households
1 bedroom21.1%
753 households
4 or more bedrooms15.3%
546 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household41.4%
1,477 households
One-person household37.2%
1,326 households
Other household types21.4%
761 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.2%
1,326 households
2 people in household29%
1,035 households
3 people in household15.4%
550 households
4 people in household10.8%
385 households
5 people in household4.1%
147 households
6 people in household2%
73 households
7 people in household0.8%
30 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
20 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.2%
1,015 residents
15–2938.5%
3,200 residents
30–4422.9%
1,900 residents
45–6418.3%
1,524 residents
65 and over8.1%
671 residents
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.2%
7,332 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.7%
390 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
219 residents
Other ethnic group2.5%
210 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
163 residents
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications25.8%
1,865 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
1,673 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.7%
1,640 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.7%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
695 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
4,085 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.5%
2,565 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8%
582 residents aged 16 and over
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.5%
1,696 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students22.9%
1,658 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
763 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.1%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.5%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
3,728 residents
Good health37%
3,074 residents
Fair health13%
1,080 residents
Bad health4.2%
349 residents
Very bad health1%
83 residents
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
6,813 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,501 residents
Pelham Bridge & South Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40%
1,425 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.6%
1,376 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
614 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
145 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Pelham Bridge & South Common · 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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