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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005663

New Duston West

New Duston West is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,541 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
5,541

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,427

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,539.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.9%

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.

Abbeymead & Abbeydale, Gloucester9,063 residents · 81.2% owned · 9.1% no carDunstable South, Central Bedfordshire6,605 residents · 78.0% owned · 11.7% no carWaterlooville North East, Havant6,043 residents · 79.9% owned · 8.9% no carKettering Brambleside, North Northamptonshire8,442 residents · 76.8% owned · 10.3% no carNorth Worle, North Somerset9,287 residents · 77.0% owned · 10.2% no carTotton Rushington, New Forest7,035 residents · 78.1% owned · 10.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in New Duston West

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

Tenure

Owned80.7%
1,958 households
Private rented16.6%
402 households
Social rented2.2%
53 households
Shared ownership0.6%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.7%
1,037 households
Semi-detached38.1%
924 households
Terraced14.5%
351 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
105 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 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
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.1%
997 households
2 cars or vans in household35.9%
871 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.7%
309 households
No cars or vans in household10.2%
247 households
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.5%
910 households
4 or more bedrooms29.6%
718 households
2 bedrooms25.5%
618 households
1 bedroom7.4%
180 households
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.4%
1,659 households
One-person household28.1%
680 households
Other household types3.5%
85 households
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39%
947 households
1 person in household28%
680 households
3 people in household15.4%
375 households
4 people in household13.1%
319 households
5 people in household3.3%
79 households
6 people in household0.9%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
902 residents
15–2914.8%
823 residents
30–4420.6%
1,141 residents
45–6427.4%
1,520 residents
65 and over20.9%
1,157 residents
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.4%
5,123 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
157 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
129 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
111 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
23 residents
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.9%
1,323 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
810 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
690 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
523 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
346 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
115 residents aged 16 and over
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.1%
2,936 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34%
1,556 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
91 residents aged 16 and over
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.6%
717 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.8%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%
498 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
271 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
222 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
199 residents aged 16 and over
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
2,627 residents
Good health37.7%
2,090 residents
Fair health11.5%
637 residents
Bad health2.8%
157 residents
Very bad health0.5%
30 residents
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
4,738 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
804 residents
New Duston West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54%
1,310 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
842 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
245 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
27 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
New Duston West · 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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