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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005631

Thrapston & Brigstock

Thrapston & Brigstock is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,120 residents in North Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Northamptonshire
11,120

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,700

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

100.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.4%

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.

Potton, Central Bedfordshire8,156 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.5% no carWoodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton, West Northamptonshire8,497 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.9% no carSawtry & Gidding, Huntingdonshire7,085 residents · 73.6% owned · 10.8% no carSomersham, Riptons & Raveleys, Huntingdonshire9,682 residents · 72.3% owned · 6.1% no carThurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, Mid Suffolk8,870 residents · 79.2% owned · 7.3% no carFleckney, Kilworth & Foxton, Harborough10,789 residents · 79.6% owned · 6.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thrapston & Brigstock

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

Tenure

Owned70.6%
3,316 households
Private rented16%
754 households
Social rented11.6%
545 households
Shared ownership1.8%
84 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.1%
2,073 households
Semi-detached31.9%
1,500 households
Terraced18%
848 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
219 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
28 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.2%
1,797 households
1 car or van in household36.7%
1,724 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.4%
771 households
No cars or vans in household8.7%
408 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.7%
1,864 households
4 or more bedrooms35.4%
1,665 households
2 bedrooms20%
940 households
1 bedroom4.9%
230 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.3%
3,255 households
One-person household26.3%
1,235 households
Other household types4.5%
210 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.5%
1,811 households
1 person in household26.3%
1,235 households
3 people in household15.7%
740 households
4 people in household13.9%
654 households
5 people in household4.2%
197 households
6 people in household0.9%
41 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,816 residents
15–2915.9%
1,765 residents
30–4417.4%
1,932 residents
45–6430.6%
3,408 residents
65 and over19.8%
2,202 residents
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
10,608 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
196 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
127 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
118 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
71 residents
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.4%
2,962 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.1%
1,752 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
920 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.5%
5,901 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.8%
3,090 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
2,149 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.4%
1,406 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13%
1,194 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%
1,109 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
1,025 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
882 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
5,424 residents
Good health36.3%
4,042 residents
Fair health11.3%
1,255 residents
Bad health2.8%
311 residents
Very bad health0.8%
88 residents
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
9,473 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,644 residents
Thrapston & Brigstock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56%
2,633 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,504 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.2%
477 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
81 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Thrapston & Brigstock · 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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