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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005646

Kettering East

Kettering East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,500 residents in North Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Northamptonshire
6,500

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,721

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,257.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.5%

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.

Arrow Valley & Ipsley, Redditch5,940 residents · 79.9% owned · 12.3% no carFranche, Wyre Forest7,000 residents · 76.0% owned · 13.3% no carCastle Hill, Ipswich7,432 residents · 83.5% owned · 13.4% no carAmblecote East, Dudley6,783 residents · 83.6% owned · 11.7% no carGaywood North Bank, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,772 residents · 77.7% owned · 13.0% no carEakring & Ling Forest, Mansfield6,567 residents · 85.7% owned · 11.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kettering East

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

Tenure

Owned82.4%
2,241 households
Private rented14.4%
392 households
Social rented2.8%
76 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached73.4%
1,997 households
Detached21.1%
574 households
Terraced3.6%
97 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.6%
43 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,144 households
2 cars or vans in household36.2%
986 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.4%
337 households
No cars or vans in household9.4%
257 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.9%
1,687 households
2 bedrooms18.9%
516 households
4 or more bedrooms17.1%
465 households
1 bedroom2.1%
56 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.6%
1,899 households
One-person household25.5%
695 households
Other household types4.9%
135 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.3%
1,043 households
1 person in household25.5%
695 households
3 people in household15.6%
424 households
4 people in household15%
409 households
5 people in household4.2%
114 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,066 residents
15–2914.1%
918 residents
30–4417.2%
1,116 residents
45–6426.3%
1,708 residents
65 and over26%
1,693 residents
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.2%
5,928 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
329 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
96 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
86 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
61 residents
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.5%
1,308 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.6%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
901 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
640 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.1%
431 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
3,077 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,158 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.3%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%
558 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.9%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
279 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
2,716 residents
Good health39.1%
2,540 residents
Fair health14.6%
946 residents
Bad health3.6%
233 residents
Very bad health1%
65 residents
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
5,342 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,158 residents
Kettering East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.7%
1,355 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
970 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
356 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
42 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Kettering 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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