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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005672

St Michael's Road

St Michael's Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,570 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
8,570

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,587

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,831.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

28.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.8%

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 carNewfoundpool, Leicester8,750 residents · 24.9% owned · 44.0% no carPalmer Park, Reading11,531 residents · 34.4% owned · 38.2% no carSouthampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading10,708 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.4% no carNew Town, Luton13,277 residents · 28.7% owned · 40.2% no carCentral South & Eastcott, Swindon8,728 residents · 39.9% owned · 37.8% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Abington, West Northamptonshire7,900 residents · 49.9% owned · 27.0% no carCliftonville & Rushmere, West Northamptonshire9,284 residents · 32.6% owned · 38.5% no carTown Centre & Semilong, West Northamptonshire9,655 residents · 19.2% owned · 46.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Michael's Road

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

Tenure

Private rented59.9%
2,150 households
Owned28%
1,005 households
Social rented10.8%
386 households
Shared ownership1%
37 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.3%
1,731 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.5%
987 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.7%
275 households
Semi-detached5.7%
203 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.4%
193 households
Detached4.2%
149 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
48 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.2%
1,587 households
No cars or vans in household40.1%
1,438 households
2 cars or vans in household12.9%
462 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.8%
100 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.6%
1,491 households
3 bedrooms24.2%
867 households
1 bedroom22.7%
815 households
4 or more bedrooms11.5%
413 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.1%
1,762 households
One-person household32.5%
1,166 households
Other household types18.4%
661 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.5%
1,165 households
2 people in household30.4%
1,091 households
3 people in household17.3%
620 households
4 people in household11.5%
413 households
5 people in household5.1%
183 households
6 people in household1.7%
61 households
7 people in household0.9%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,386 residents
15–2930.3%
2,592 residents
30–4429.5%
2,524 residents
45–6418.6%
1,596 residents
65 and over5.5%
470 residents
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.8%
5,725 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.9%
1,448 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.5%
812 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
292 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
289 residents
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.8%
2,261 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.7%
1,547 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,143 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.3%
807 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
693 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
372 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
292 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)67.9%
4,831 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.4%
1,808 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.7%
473 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations24%
1,706 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.3%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14%
996 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.2%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.1%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
369 residents aged 16 and over
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
4,356 residents
Good health35.7%
3,056 residents
Fair health9.8%
839 residents
Bad health3%
254 residents
Very bad health0.8%
65 residents
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.6%
7,511 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.4%
1,059 residents
St Michael's Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.5%
1,559 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.2%
1,369 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.5%
521 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
129 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
St Michael's Road · 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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