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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005800

Scarborough Town & North Bay

Scarborough Town & North Bay is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,407 residents in Scarborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,407

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,848

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,768.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.5%

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.

Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell, Dorset9,524 residents · 47.6% owned · 37.3% no carRamsgate Harbour, Thanet8,706 residents · 38.7% owned · 44.7% no carLowestoft Harbour & Kirkley, East Suffolk7,630 residents · 37.3% owned · 41.7% no carHerne Bay Parade, Canterbury7,592 residents · 50.0% owned · 32.8% no carPenzance Quay, Cornwall6,562 residents · 46.3% owned · 39.9% no carTeignmouth South, Teignbridge6,602 residents · 51.9% owned · 33.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Scarborough Town & North Bay

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

Tenure

Private rented42.4%
1,632 households
Owned41.2%
1,587 households
Social rented16%
614 households
Shared ownership0.3%
11 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement34.6%
1,334 households
Terraced28.2%
1,089 households
Semi-detached12.6%
485 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.7%
413 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop5.8%
224 households
Detached4.5%
175 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.5%
133 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.9%
1,848 households
1 car or van in household37.3%
1,437 households
2 cars or vans in household11.2%
433 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
137 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom30.4%
1,170 households
2 bedrooms29.3%
1,131 households
3 bedrooms26%
1,004 households
4 or more bedrooms14.3%
550 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.3%
1,901 households
Single family household45.5%
1,754 households
Other household types5.2%
202 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.3%
1,901 households
2 people in household28.9%
1,113 households
3 people in household11.4%
438 households
4 people in household6%
231 households
5 people in household2.9%
112 households
6 people in household1%
40 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514%
1,039 residents
15–2918.3%
1,353 residents
30–4417.6%
1,300 residents
45–6430%
2,225 residents
65 and over20.1%
1,489 residents
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.5%
7,000 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
200 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
69 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
38 residents
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.5%
1,542 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.9%
1,437 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
1,001 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
962 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
697 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.4%
468 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.3%
3,415 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44%
2,767 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.1%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
942 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.9%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
385 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.8%
2,951 residents
Good health34%
2,520 residents
Fair health17.5%
1,299 residents
Bad health6.8%
501 residents
Very bad health1.8%
136 residents
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.9%
5,546 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.1%
1,861 residents
Scarborough Town & North Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.5%
1,406 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
1,383 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
764 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
278 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
24 households
Scarborough Town & North Bay · 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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