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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005497

Gainsborough East

Gainsborough East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,477 residents in West Lindsey. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,477

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,140

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,544.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.1%

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.

Blacon South, Cheshire West and Chester7,341 residents · 47.9% owned · 33.6% no carLonghill, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,476 residents · 54.3% owned · 32.9% no carGorleston West, Great Yarmouth7,418 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.4% no carBilton Grange, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,006 residents · 50.2% owned · 34.7% no carLeigh North, Wigan8,167 residents · 53.5% owned · 28.0% no carHarwich Parkeston, Tendring7,863 residents · 61.0% owned · 24.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gainsborough East

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

Tenure

Owned45.1%
1,415 households
Social rented39.9%
1,253 households
Private rented13.8%
433 households
Shared ownership1.1%
33 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.1%
1,258 households
Semi-detached28.8%
905 households
Detached21.2%
665 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.9%
280 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.6%
1,433 households
No cars or vans in household27.5%
863 households
2 cars or vans in household21.1%
664 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
182 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50%
1,571 households
2 bedrooms30.8%
968 households
4 or more bedrooms11.8%
372 households
1 bedroom7.4%
231 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.1%
2,075 households
One-person household30.4%
955 households
Other household types3.5%
111 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.5%
1,083 households
1 person in household30.4%
955 households
3 people in household16.1%
506 households
4 people in household11.9%
375 households
5 people in household4.5%
142 households
6 people in household1.9%
59 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.7%
1,695 residents
15–2917.6%
1,313 residents
30–4418.3%
1,365 residents
45–6423.9%
1,785 residents
65 and over17.6%
1,319 residents
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
7,272 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
85 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
54 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.4%
1,447 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.1%
973 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.9%
962 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
890 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.6%
831 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.8%
3,007 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.8%
2,605 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.4%
1,159 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.7%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.1%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.8%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
321 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.7%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.4%
3,095 residents
Good health34.1%
2,548 residents
Fair health17.1%
1,277 residents
Bad health5.9%
444 residents
Very bad health1.5%
113 residents
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.2%
5,697 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.8%
1,780 residents
Gainsborough East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.6%
1,180 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,074 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%
667 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.8%
215 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Gainsborough East · 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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