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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005652

Sunnyside

Sunnyside is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,754 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
6,754

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,909

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,498.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.2%

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.

Sittingbourne West, Swale8,164 residents · 76.3% owned · 16.4% no carParson's Heath, Colchester14,114 residents · 71.4% owned · 18.7% no carWickford North East, Basildon6,964 residents · 69.7% owned · 17.1% no carEastwood, Southend-on-Sea10,581 residents · 70.9% owned · 17.8% no carShaw Cross & Hanging Heaton, Kirklees6,250 residents · 72.3% owned · 20.1% no carStopsley North, Luton8,232 residents · 72.4% owned · 16.7% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kingsthorpe, West Northamptonshire6,604 residents · 69.3% owned · 19.3% no carBoothville & Spinney Hill, West Northamptonshire6,386 residents · 74.3% owned · 17.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sunnyside

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

Tenure

Owned74.8%
2,175 households
Private rented13.2%
385 households
Social rented11.1%
322 households
Shared ownership0.8%
23 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.6%
1,413 households
Detached25.6%
745 households
Terraced15.8%
459 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.6%
251 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 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
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,207 households
2 cars or vans in household31.4%
912 households
No cars or vans in household16.9%
493 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.2%
297 households
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.2%
1,285 households
2 bedrooms27.7%
807 households
4 or more bedrooms18.8%
547 households
1 bedroom9.3%
270 households
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.4%
1,874 households
One-person household30.3%
881 households
Other household types5.3%
154 households
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%
1,024 households
1 person in household30.3%
881 households
3 people in household16.5%
479 households
4 people in household12.4%
361 households
5 people in household4%
117 households
6 people in household1.2%
35 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,100 residents
15–2915.3%
1,030 residents
30–4419.3%
1,306 residents
45–6424.2%
1,632 residents
65 and over25%
1,686 residents
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.1%
5,943 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
339 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
237 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
172 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
57 residents
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.2%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.9%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
896 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
824 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.1%
455 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
3,219 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,258 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.4%
861 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
820 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
648 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.5%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
348 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
3,058 residents
Good health37%
2,502 residents
Fair health13.4%
907 residents
Bad health3.3%
221 residents
Very bad health1%
66 residents
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
5,591 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,163 residents
Sunnyside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.4%
1,408 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,019 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.2%
383 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
89 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Sunnyside · 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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