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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005560

Fairstead & Springwood

Fairstead & Springwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,089 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,089

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,669

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,990.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

48.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.5%

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.

Beaver & Singleton, Ashford10,040 residents · 54.4% owned · 21.4% no carTovil, Maidstone10,011 residents · 54.5% owned · 18.5% no carHaverhill East & South, West Suffolk11,154 residents · 57.4% owned · 20.7% no carBriar Hill & Hunsbury Hill, West Northamptonshire6,431 residents · 53.1% owned · 19.4% no carBanbury Neithrop, Cherwell6,015 residents · 52.3% owned · 23.7% no carSpringbank, Cheltenham6,733 residents · 50.2% owned · 21.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fairstead & Springwood

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

Tenure

Owned48.8%
1,789 households
Private rented26.5%
974 households
Social rented23.2%
852 households
Shared ownership1.4%
51 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced35.4%
1,298 households
Semi-detached28.7%
1,052 households
Detached18.5%
677 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.7%
612 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,663 households
2 cars or vans in household25.2%
925 households
No cars or vans in household23.2%
853 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
228 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.4%
1,811 households
2 bedrooms25.7%
942 households
4 or more bedrooms12.6%
464 households
1 bedroom12.3%
451 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66%
2,421 households
One-person household26.9%
987 households
Other household types7.1%
262 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.6%
1,194 households
1 person in household26.9%
987 households
3 people in household18%
661 households
4 people in household15.3%
561 households
5 people in household4.9%
181 households
6 people in household1.4%
51 households
7 people in household0.4%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.3%
1,937 residents
15–2918.5%
1,685 residents
30–4425.1%
2,283 residents
45–6422.2%
2,019 residents
65 and over12.8%
1,164 residents
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.1%
7,462 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.1%
1,102 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
192 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
169 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
162 residents
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.5%
1,937 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.6%
1,523 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.8%
264 residents aged 16 and over
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.2%
4,656 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.3%
2,276 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations19.1%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
538 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
368 residents aged 16 and over
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.9%
4,262 residents
Good health35.5%
3,226 residents
Fair health12.9%
1,175 residents
Bad health3.6%
331 residents
Very bad health1%
95 residents
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
7,636 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,453 residents
Fairstead & Springwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.2%
1,658 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,264 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.3%
563 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
170 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Fairstead & Springwood · 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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