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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006190

Stone Town

Stone Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,081 residents in Stafford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,081

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,102

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,007.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.4%

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.

Congleton Town, Cheshire East7,516 residents · 63.9% owned · 18.3% no carSt Neots Priory Park, Huntingdonshire6,284 residents · 61.8% owned · 22.1% no carStalybridge South, Tameside8,236 residents · 64.2% owned · 21.6% no carShrewsbury Sutton & Coleham, Shropshire6,574 residents · 66.3% owned · 20.8% no carMold, Flintshire10,148 residents · 67.6% owned · 19.1% no carChorley Town & South, Chorley9,678 residents · 62.2% owned · 24.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stone Town

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

Tenure

Owned63.5%
3,240 households
Private rented19%
970 households
Social rented16.7%
850 households
Shared ownership0.8%
41 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced27.2%
1,389 households
Detached25.6%
1,308 households
Semi-detached25.5%
1,302 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.2%
876 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
93 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
72 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
46 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
19 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
2,201 households
2 cars or vans in household29.8%
1,519 households
No cars or vans in household19%
972 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.1%
412 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.2%
1,899 households
2 bedrooms26.4%
1,348 households
4 or more bedrooms22.7%
1,160 households
1 bedroom13.6%
695 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.4%
3,135 households
One-person household35.3%
1,803 households
Other household types3.3%
166 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
1,807 households
1 person in household35.3%
1,803 households
3 people in household14.5%
740 households
4 people in household10.8%
553 households
5 people in household2.9%
148 households
6 people in household0.8%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,828 residents
15–2915.4%
1,707 residents
30–4418.4%
2,044 residents
45–6427.7%
3,069 residents
65 and over22%
2,433 residents
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96%
10,642 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
178 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
166 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
49 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
45 residents
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.4%
3,228 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17%
1,552 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,524 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,295 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
816 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
488 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.7%
5,446 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.6%
3,522 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
2,132 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
1,277 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.8%
1,260 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.3%
1,029 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
433 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.5%
5,036 residents
Good health34.9%
3,870 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,560 residents
Bad health4.3%
474 residents
Very bad health1.3%
139 residents
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.1%
8,874 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.9%
2,202 residents
Stone Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.3%
2,617 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.3%
1,650 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.4%
684 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
145 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Stone Town · 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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