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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006819

Kirby Frith

Kirby Frith is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,819 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
8,819

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,225

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,335.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.9%

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.

Stone Cross & Hateley Heath, Sandwell11,365 residents · 48.1% owned · 29.4% no carAllenton & Osmaston, Derby12,441 residents · 37.4% owned · 36.2% no carTibbington, Sandwell9,881 residents · 41.6% owned · 33.6% no carBushbury Hill, Wolverhampton6,273 residents · 46.1% owned · 31.6% no carWednesbury South, Sandwell11,126 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.0% no carKates Hill, Dudley7,117 residents · 44.6% owned · 33.2% no car

Most similar within Leicester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

New Parks & Stokeswood, Leicester8,619 residents · 34.7% owned · 39.1% no carStocking Farm & Mowmacre, Leicester11,778 residents · 39.0% owned · 35.2% no carBraunstone Park East, Leicester8,456 residents · 41.6% owned · 34.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kirby Frith

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

Tenure

Social rented45.3%
1,462 households
Owned39.7%
1,281 households
Private rented13.3%
428 households
Shared ownership1%
32 households
Lives rent free0.7%
22 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached57.2%
1,848 households
Terraced23.1%
745 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.2%
426 households
Detached5.5%
176 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.6%
1,375 households
No cars or vans in household32.4%
1,046 households
2 cars or vans in household19.6%
633 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.4%
175 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.9%
1,901 households
2 bedrooms20%
646 households
1 bedroom14.1%
454 households
4 or more bedrooms7.1%
229 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.6%
2,054 households
One-person household27.9%
900 households
Other household types8.5%
276 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household27.9%
900 households
2 people in household25.3%
818 households
3 people in household17.6%
568 households
4 people in household15.5%
501 households
5 people in household8.5%
274 households
6 people in household3.1%
99 households
7 people in household1.1%
35 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
34 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.8%
2,278 residents
15–2920%
1,761 residents
30–4421.5%
1,900 residents
45–6421.9%
1,931 residents
65 and over10.8%
948 residents
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.4%
6,209 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.1%
976 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.2%
898 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
439 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
299 residents
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.4%
1,874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.9%
1,267 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.8%
880 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.7%
813 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.3%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
3,490 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
2,741 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.9%
1,522 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.8%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
987 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.9%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
369 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.4%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
3,994 residents
Good health33.4%
2,945 residents
Fair health14.6%
1,289 residents
Bad health5.2%
458 residents
Very bad health1.5%
133 residents
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.6%
7,021 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.4%
1,798 residents
Kirby Frith · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,119 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34%
1,098 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.2%
717 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.7%
282 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Kirby Frith · 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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