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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006260

Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell

Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,847 residents in Ipswich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,847

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,524

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,796.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.3%

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.

Dudley Wood & Saltwells, Dudley7,798 residents · 58.0% owned · 23.6% no carPrinces End & Willingsworth, Sandwell6,309 residents · 59.2% owned · 24.3% no carWoods & Mesty Croft, Sandwell7,812 residents · 60.5% owned · 26.1% no carCoseley Wallbrook, Dudley8,550 residents · 54.7% owned · 26.9% no carGrantham South West, South Kesteven7,441 residents · 47.9% owned · 25.5% no carIntake, Doncaster9,147 residents · 54.2% owned · 30.9% no car

Most similar within Ipswich

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitton, Ipswich8,286 residents · 60.6% owned · 20.2% no carPriory Heath, Ipswich9,651 residents · 53.9% owned · 20.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell

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

Tenure

Owned56.6%
1,996 households
Social rented30.4%
1,073 households
Private rented12.2%
429 households
Lives rent free0.5%
17 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached62.5%
2,204 households
Terraced20.5%
724 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.9%
277 households
Detached7.2%
253 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
32 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,530 households
2 cars or vans in household26.3%
928 households
No cars or vans in household22%
775 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.3%
292 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms64.1%
2,260 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
805 households
4 or more bedrooms6.8%
239 households
1 bedroom6.3%
224 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
2,317 households
One-person household27.4%
967 households
Other household types6.8%
241 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.3%
1,102 households
1 person in household27.4%
967 households
3 people in household18.2%
641 households
4 people in household13.6%
478 households
5 people in household6.3%
222 households
6 people in household2.3%
81 households
7 people in household0.8%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.9%
1,939 residents
15–2917.1%
1,511 residents
30–4421.1%
1,870 residents
45–6423.3%
2,057 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,469 residents
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.2%
7,628 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.6%
410 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
370 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
309 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
132 residents
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.7%
1,882 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.3%
1,176 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
911 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
498 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
4,006 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.8%
2,639 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.8%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.7%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.9%
675 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.4%
368 residents aged 16 and over
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.6%
3,857 residents
Good health35.5%
3,138 residents
Fair health15%
1,326 residents
Bad health4.7%
419 residents
Very bad health1.2%
107 residents
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
7,114 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
1,733 residents
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.3%
1,351 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37%
1,306 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19%
670 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
193 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Gainsborough, Greenwich & Orwell · 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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