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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006247

Whitehouse

Whitehouse is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,104 residents in Ipswich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,104

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,855

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,497.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.1%

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.

Beaver & Singleton, Ashford10,040 residents · 54.4% owned · 21.4% no carBraintree South, Braintree9,832 residents · 58.4% owned · 18.4% no carSpringbank, Cheltenham6,733 residents · 50.2% owned · 21.1% no carMaybush, Southampton8,703 residents · 53.5% owned · 21.7% no carPodsmead & Linden, Gloucester9,145 residents · 61.2% owned · 22.1% no carDunstable Manshead, Central Bedfordshire5,521 residents · 58.4% owned · 22.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitehouse

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

Tenure

Owned55.1%
2,123 households
Social rented24.9%
959 households
Private rented18.7%
722 households
Shared ownership1%
40 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.4%
1,517 households
Terraced30.9%
1,191 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.7%
758 households
Detached8.4%
325 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,730 households
2 cars or vans in household25.8%
994 households
No cars or vans in household22.4%
864 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7%
268 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.3%
1,980 households
2 bedrooms34.1%
1,313 households
4 or more bedrooms7.6%
292 households
1 bedroom7%
271 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.6%
2,490 households
One-person household30.1%
1,162 households
Other household types5.3%
203 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.1%
1,278 households
1 person in household30.1%
1,162 households
3 people in household17.3%
668 households
4 people in household12.2%
470 households
5 people in household5.2%
201 households
6 people in household1.5%
56 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,868 residents
15–2919.7%
1,792 residents
30–4422.2%
2,016 residents
45–6424%
2,180 residents
65 and over13.7%
1,245 residents
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.6%
7,882 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
419 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.6%
326 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.1%
285 residents
Other ethnic group2.1%
190 residents
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.6%
1,758 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.1%
1,363 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,183 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.5%
960 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
485 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
230 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.6%
4,606 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.5%
2,385 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.3%
1,376 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.3%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.8%
1,129 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
521 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
433 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,087 residents
Good health36.9%
3,364 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,196 residents
Bad health4%
366 residents
Very bad health1%
92 residents
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
7,508 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,596 residents
Whitehouse · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.6%
1,642 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
1,403 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.1%
620 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
182 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Whitehouse · 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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