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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006309

Pakefield North

Pakefield North is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,742 residents in East Suffolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,742

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,019

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,483.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.4%

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.

Cleethorpes West, North East Lincolnshire5,408 residents · 62.9% owned · 29.3% no carWestfield & Waterthorpe, Sheffield8,418 residents · 60.0% owned · 30.1% no carClacton West, Tendring7,413 residents · 67.8% owned · 25.4% no carFleetwood Rossall & Chatsworth, Wyre6,120 residents · 63.8% owned · 29.1% no carThornaby South, Stockton-on-Tees5,042 residents · 50.2% owned · 36.3% no carYarmouth North, Great Yarmouth5,900 residents · 57.3% owned · 31.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pakefield North

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

Tenure

Owned60.9%
1,840 households
Social rented26.2%
792 households
Private rented12.5%
378 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.9%
1,176 households
Terraced27.3%
823 households
Detached23.9%
721 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.9%
268 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.7%
1,379 households
No cars or vans in household23.4%
705 households
2 cars or vans in household22.9%
692 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8%
243 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.3%
1,427 households
2 bedrooms26.8%
808 households
1 bedroom13.6%
410 households
4 or more bedrooms12.4%
375 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59%
1,782 households
One-person household36%
1,088 households
Other household types4.9%
149 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36%
1,088 households
2 people in household34.6%
1,044 households
3 people in household13%
393 households
4 people in household10.5%
317 households
5 people in household4%
122 households
6 people in household1.2%
36 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,086 residents
15–2913.7%
924 residents
30–4415.3%
1,033 residents
45–6425.2%
1,703 residents
65 and over29.6%
1,999 residents
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
6,527 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
49 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
33 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
21 residents
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.2%
1,524 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.4%
976 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.5%
475 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
188 residents aged 16 and over
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive53.2%
2,976 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.7%
2,555 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
64 residents aged 16 and over
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.2%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations18%
1,008 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.6%
314 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
244 residents aged 16 and over
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health36.9%
2,486 residents
Good health35.2%
2,376 residents
Fair health19%
1,284 residents
Bad health7.1%
481 residents
Very bad health1.7%
115 residents
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act72.3%
4,873 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act27.7%
1,869 residents
Pakefield North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.9%
1,145 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.7%
1,048 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
656 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
167 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Pakefield North · 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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