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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005709

Blyth Cowpen

Blyth Cowpen is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,850 residents in Northumberland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Northumberland
6,850

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,076

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,959.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

14.9%

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.

Sutton Central & Leamington, Ashfield7,730 residents · 42.2% owned · 36.7% no carHeadland & West View, Hartlepool10,278 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.0% no carLittle Layton & Little Carleton, Blackpool6,079 residents · 32.9% owned · 48.8% no carOak Tree & Ransom Wood, Mansfield6,352 residents · 41.5% owned · 31.9% no carBoythorpe & Birdholme, Chesterfield6,298 residents · 42.3% owned · 38.6% no carBeacon Lough & Wrekenton, Gateshead7,869 residents · 39.5% owned · 45.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blyth Cowpen

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

Tenure

Social rented50%
1,537 households
Owned35.3%
1,085 households
Private rented14.2%
438 households
Lives rent free0.4%
12 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.5%
1,800 households
Terraced20.3%
623 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.4%
442 households
Detached5.9%
182 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household42.2%
1,298 households
1 car or van in household39%
1,198 households
2 cars or vans in household14.9%
459 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
118 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.8%
1,471 households
2 bedrooms29.2%
897 households
1 bedroom16.9%
521 households
4 or more bedrooms6%
186 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.6%
1,739 households
One-person household39.7%
1,221 households
Other household types3.6%
112 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.8%
1,224 households
2 people in household28.1%
863 households
3 people in household16.9%
520 households
4 people in household9.7%
297 households
5 people in household3.7%
115 households
6 people in household1.3%
39 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.9%
1,434 residents
15–2919.4%
1,326 residents
30–4418.3%
1,256 residents
45–6424.7%
1,691 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,143 residents
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
6,643 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
81 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
68 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
46 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.9%
1,539 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17%
903 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
853 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above14.9%
793 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.6%
721 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
387 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.8%
2,702 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.8%
2,546 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.4%
1,084 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.9%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.3%
975 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
599 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
255 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.5%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.5%
2,635 residents
Good health31.4%
2,149 residents
Fair health18.5%
1,267 residents
Bad health9.6%
657 residents
Very bad health2.1%
141 residents
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act69.8%
4,781 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act30.2%
2,071 residents
Blyth Cowpen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,031 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.5%
970 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24%
737 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.1%
311 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
26 households
Blyth Cowpen · 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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