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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005740

Bedlington Station & Sleekburn

Bedlington Station & Sleekburn is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,092 residents in Northumberland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Northumberland
10,092

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,727

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

861.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.6%

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.

Old Whittington, Chesterfield6,915 residents · 63.5% owned · 22.9% no carHeanor South & Shipley Park, Amber Valley8,006 residents · 51.8% owned · 27.7% no carTrimdon & Fishburn, County Durham7,001 residents · 61.9% owned · 23.3% no carThrockley & Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne10,746 residents · 58.6% owned · 29.1% no carStanley North & East, County Durham8,191 residents · 62.1% owned · 25.5% no carClay Cross, North East Derbyshire8,546 residents · 52.7% owned · 27.4% no car

Most similar within Northumberland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cramlington Town & Beaconhill, Northumberland9,260 residents · 51.3% owned · 27.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bedlington Station & Sleekburn

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

Tenure

Owned53.3%
2,518 households
Social rented24.6%
1,161 households
Private rented22%
1,038 households
Shared ownership0.1%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.7%
2,162 households
Terraced25%
1,180 households
Detached12.7%
602 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
545 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.1%
196 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
2,105 households
No cars or vans in household26.7%
1,263 households
2 cars or vans in household22%
1,039 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
322 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.9%
2,077 households
2 bedrooms36%
1,705 households
4 or more bedrooms11.1%
523 households
1 bedroom9%
426 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.3%
2,804 households
One-person household37.6%
1,777 households
Other household types3.2%
149 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.6%
1,777 households
2 people in household33.9%
1,605 households
3 people in household14.7%
697 households
4 people in household9.2%
435 households
5 people in household3.4%
159 households
6 people in household0.8%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,698 residents
15–2916.5%
1,661 residents
30–4418.2%
1,839 residents
45–6428.3%
2,861 residents
65 and over20.2%
2,034 residents
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
9,891 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
80 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
74 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
31 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
17 residents
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.1%
1,994 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.6%
1,710 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.1%
1,581 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
1,268 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
953 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
602 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.1%
4,481 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.4%
3,674 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.2%
1,422 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.5%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.6%
1,206 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.5%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.9%
651 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
419 residents aged 16 and over
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.1%
3,944 residents
Good health34.5%
3,486 residents
Fair health18.5%
1,867 residents
Bad health6%
606 residents
Very bad health1.9%
188 residents
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.6%
7,626 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.4%
2,465 residents
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.9%
1,932 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,655 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.1%
903 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
232 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
7 households
Bedlington Station & Sleekburn · 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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