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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006818

Wigston North

Wigston North is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,404 residents in Oadby and Wigston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,404

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,321

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,833.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.6%

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.

Upper Penn, Wolverhampton6,568 residents · 81.5% owned · 14.3% no carElmdon Park, Solihull7,654 residents · 79.0% owned · 16.7% no carGreat Barr, Sandwell6,829 residents · 81.2% owned · 15.3% no carBraunstone Town, Blaby9,984 residents · 76.5% owned · 17.4% no carQuinton West, Dudley6,224 residents · 80.1% owned · 15.5% no carBirstall Central, Charnwood5,259 residents · 80.4% owned · 13.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wigston North

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

Tenure

Owned84.9%
2,821 households
Private rented12.5%
415 households
Social rented2.2%
72 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached69.3%
2,299 households
Detached23.5%
779 households
Terraced3.9%
128 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.4%
81 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
18 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%
1,362 households
2 cars or vans in household33.6%
1,115 households
No cars or vans in household13.9%
463 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.4%
380 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms62.8%
2,085 households
4 or more bedrooms20.3%
674 households
2 bedrooms14.5%
482 households
1 bedroom2.4%
79 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
2,277 households
One-person household25%
830 households
Other household types6.4%
211 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.4%
1,110 households
1 person in household25%
831 households
3 people in household17.5%
581 households
4 people in household16.1%
534 households
5 people in household5.6%
186 households
6 people in household1.4%
47 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,457 residents
15–2914.3%
1,198 residents
30–4419%
1,598 residents
45–6427%
2,267 residents
65 and over22.4%
1,882 residents
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.6%
5,598 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh25.2%
2,118 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
265 residents
Other ethnic group3%
252 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
170 residents
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.6%
2,031 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.2%
1,382 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,138 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
915 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
705 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
460 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,020 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
2,733 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,393 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.2%
974 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.6%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
783 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.6%
523 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
3,796 residents
Good health36.8%
3,095 residents
Fair health13.4%
1,127 residents
Bad health3.4%
288 residents
Very bad health1.2%
98 residents
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
7,062 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,342 residents
Wigston North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.9%
1,659 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,140 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14%
466 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Wigston 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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