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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005587

Heartsease & Pilling Park

Heartsease & Pilling Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,333 residents in Norwich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,333

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,285

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,493.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.4%

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.

Newark South West, Newark and Sherwood8,217 residents · 60.2% owned · 25.1% no carBurton Stapenhill, East Staffordshire8,193 residents · 51.6% owned · 29.1% no carHighfields & Burton Manor, Stafford7,733 residents · 47.4% owned · 28.1% no carTaunton Holway & Lambrook, Somerset West and Taunton8,396 residents · 42.7% owned · 26.9% no carGunton West, East Suffolk7,982 residents · 49.1% owned · 28.3% no carBloxwich North West, Walsall7,420 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Heartsease & Pilling Park

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

Tenure

Owned52.6%
2,253 households
Social rented35.3%
1,512 households
Private rented11.5%
492 households
Shared ownership0.4%
18 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.6%
1,611 households
Semi-detached30.8%
1,319 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.3%
914 households
Detached9.3%
399 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.3%
2,026 households
No cars or vans in household26.8%
1,147 households
2 cars or vans in household20.2%
866 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
247 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.3%
2,586 households
2 bedrooms25%
1,072 households
1 bedroom7.8%
336 households
4 or more bedrooms6.8%
292 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.4%
2,632 households
One-person household33.3%
1,428 households
Other household types5.3%
227 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.3%
1,428 households
2 people in household33.1%
1,417 households
3 people in household15.5%
666 households
4 people in household11.1%
476 households
5 people in household4.8%
204 households
6 people in household1.7%
71 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
1,929 residents
15–2917.9%
1,852 residents
30–4421.4%
2,212 residents
45–6424.6%
2,545 residents
65 and over17.4%
1,795 residents
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.9%
9,597 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
261 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
211 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
172 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
90 residents
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.8%
2,056 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.4%
1,693 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
1,324 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
1,265 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.3%
1,103 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
553 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.3%
4,498 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.9%
3,636 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.5%
1,619 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.2%
1,421 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.9%
816 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.7%
558 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
452 residents aged 16 and over
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.8%
4,107 residents
Good health36.9%
3,814 residents
Fair health16.2%
1,670 residents
Bad health5.7%
589 residents
Very bad health1.5%
152 residents
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.4%
7,897 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.6%
2,436 residents
Heartsease & Pilling Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.3%
1,600 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
1,532 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
848 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.4%
273 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
33 households
Heartsease & Pilling Park · 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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