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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005644

Kettering Central East

Kettering Central East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,201 residents in North Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Northamptonshire
9,201

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,972

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,863.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kettering Central East

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

Tenure

Private rented50.6%
2,010 households
Owned39.6%
1,571 households
Social rented8.9%
354 households
Shared ownership0.8%
32 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced57.5%
2,284 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.1%
640 households
Semi-detached11%
439 households
Detached5.9%
234 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.1%
201 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.1%
122 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
51 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.7%
1,895 households
No cars or vans in household30.4%
1,207 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
716 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
155 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38.7%
1,539 households
3 bedrooms37.3%
1,480 households
1 bedroom14%
557 households
4 or more bedrooms10%
396 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.4%
2,158 households
One-person household34.8%
1,381 households
Other household types10.8%
430 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.8%
1,381 households
2 people in household29.4%
1,169 households
3 people in household17.3%
686 households
4 people in household11.6%
462 households
5 people in household4.7%
185 households
6 people in household1.6%
65 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
1,800 residents
15–2922.7%
2,084 residents
30–4426.3%
2,424 residents
45–6423.1%
2,128 residents
65 and over8.3%
764 residents
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83%
7,632 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.3%
581 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.5%
507 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%
262 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
214 residents
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
1,743 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.7%
1,657 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
936 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
481 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.2%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.2%
5,128 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.9%
2,039 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations27.4%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
1,094 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.3%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.4%
686 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
613 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.2%
599 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
4,299 residents
Good health36.1%
3,322 residents
Fair health12.5%
1,153 residents
Bad health3.7%
336 residents
Very bad health1%
91 residents
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
7,691 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,510 residents
Kettering Central East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45%
1,786 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,392 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
578 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
208 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Kettering Central 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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