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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006308

Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley

Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,630 residents in East Suffolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,630

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,848

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,456.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

41.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.3%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley

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

Tenure

Private rented41.5%
1,597 households
Owned37.3%
1,437 households
Social rented21%
807 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced38.5%
1,481 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.7%
1,026 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.3%
474 households
Semi-detached10.8%
416 households
Detached5.6%
214 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.7%
142 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
87 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
7 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household41.7%
1,605 households
1 car or van in household39.9%
1,537 households
2 cars or vans in household14.7%
565 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
142 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom31.2%
1,200 households
3 bedrooms29.8%
1,148 households
2 bedrooms26.6%
1,025 households
4 or more bedrooms12.3%
474 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.8%
1,917 households
Single family household45.6%
1,752 households
Other household types4.6%
177 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.8%
1,917 households
2 people in household27.1%
1,045 households
3 people in household10.6%
407 households
4 people in household7.6%
294 households
5 people in household3.2%
125 households
6 people in household1.1%
43 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,244 residents
15–2917.7%
1,353 residents
30–4418.7%
1,428 residents
45–6427.6%
2,102 residents
65 and over19.7%
1,501 residents
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95%
7,246 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
167 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
123 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
51 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
42 residents
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.6%
1,614 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.3%
1,282 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
975 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.6%
860 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
365 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.7%
3,263 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.4%
2,930 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.1%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.7%
1,055 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.8%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.4%
847 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%
656 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.8%
557 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health37.2%
2,840 residents
Good health34.3%
2,619 residents
Fair health19.2%
1,463 residents
Bad health7.4%
568 residents
Very bad health1.8%
140 residents
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act71.3%
5,442 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act28.7%
2,188 residents
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,325 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.8%
1,301 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
837 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.9%
341 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.1%
43 households
Lowestoft Harbour & Kirkley · 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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