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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005670

Town Centre & Semilong

Town Centre & Semilong is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,655 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
9,655

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,404

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,499.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

19.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

46.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.6%

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.

High Town, Luton9,371 residents · 24.4% owned · 43.7% no carHolbeck, Leeds9,059 residents · 18.5% owned · 55.0% no carNew Town, Luton13,277 residents · 28.7% owned · 40.2% no carGravesend Town, Gravesham10,162 residents · 32.9% owned · 42.0% no carCharlton Riverside & Woolwich Dockyard, Greenwich7,641 residents · 20.4% owned · 60.1% no carCentral Milton Keynes & Newlands, Milton Keynes10,202 residents · 20.8% owned · 38.2% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cliftonville & Rushmere, West Northamptonshire9,284 residents · 32.6% owned · 38.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Town Centre & Semilong

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

Tenure

Private rented41.7%
1,838 households
Social rented36.1%
1,590 households
Owned19.2%
844 households
Shared ownership2.3%
100 households
Lives rent free0.7%
32 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement56.4%
2,485 households
Terraced28.5%
1,255 households
Semi-detached4.8%
211 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.8%
169 households
Detached3.2%
143 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
78 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
60 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household46.2%
2,036 households
1 car or van in household40.8%
1,799 households
2 cars or vans in household10.9%
482 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2%
88 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.4%
1,868 households
1 bedroom35.3%
1,555 households
3 bedrooms16.2%
713 households
4 or more bedrooms6%
266 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.5%
2,135 households
One-person household39.9%
1,760 households
Other household types11.6%
511 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.9%
1,759 households
2 people in household28.2%
1,243 households
3 people in household15.6%
687 households
4 people in household9.5%
420 households
5 people in household4%
174 households
6 people in household1.9%
83 households
7 people in household0.5%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
1,809 residents
15–2926.3%
2,538 residents
30–4428.3%
2,736 residents
45–6420.5%
1,976 residents
65 and over6.2%
598 residents
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.2%
6,389 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African15.4%
1,488 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.5%
1,014 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
389 residents
Other ethnic group3.9%
372 residents
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.6%
2,220 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.8%
1,925 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
896 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.4%
888 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
442 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.4%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.3%
5,076 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.6%
2,300 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.1%
395 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations27.4%
2,131 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.9%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
877 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.3%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.2%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
755 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.4%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.4%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
4,713 residents
Good health34.9%
3,373 residents
Fair health11.3%
1,093 residents
Bad health4%
383 residents
Very bad health1%
92 residents
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
8,287 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
1,368 residents
Town Centre & Semilong · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.8%
1,666 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension37.6%
1,654 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18%
794 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6%
265 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
24 households
Town Centre & Semilong · 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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