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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006865

Wyberton West & Fen

Wyberton West & Fen is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,350 residents in Boston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,350

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,418

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

858.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.4%

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.

Coton Farm & Perry Crofts, Tamworth10,207 residents · 77.7% owned · 13.3% no carGaywood North Bank, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,772 residents · 77.7% owned · 13.0% no carRaunds, North Northamptonshire9,875 residents · 72.7% owned · 11.3% no carSpalding South West, South Holland9,802 residents · 68.2% owned · 12.3% no carDesborough, North Northamptonshire11,900 residents · 74.0% owned · 11.0% no carWest Hucknall, Ashfield7,633 residents · 85.7% owned · 13.6% no car

Most similar within Boston

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fishtoft & Wyberton East, Boston8,846 residents · 76.4% owned · 10.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wyberton West & Fen

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

Tenure

Owned77%
2,632 households
Private rented14.5%
494 households
Social rented6.9%
235 households
Shared ownership1.6%
55 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached63.6%
2,175 households
Semi-detached23.2%
792 households
Terraced9.2%
316 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
119 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,506 households
2 cars or vans in household33%
1,129 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.3%
420 households
No cars or vans in household10.6%
364 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.2%
1,752 households
2 bedrooms23.6%
808 households
4 or more bedrooms22.6%
773 households
1 bedroom2.5%
86 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
2,405 households
One-person household23.2%
793 households
Other household types6.5%
222 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.1%
1,337 households
1 person in household23.2%
794 households
3 people in household18.4%
629 households
4 people in household14.3%
487 households
5 people in household3.9%
132 households
6 people in household0.9%
30 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,385 residents
15–2915.3%
1,276 residents
30–4419.1%
1,597 residents
45–6425.2%
2,102 residents
65 and over23.9%
1,992 residents
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.8%
8,002 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
129 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
105 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
67 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
52 residents
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.6%
1,627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.4%
1,406 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.4%
4,156 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
2,599 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.7%
1,287 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.7%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
885 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
681 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.8%
538 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
513 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
433 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.7%
3,731 residents
Good health37%
3,089 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,150 residents
Bad health3.5%
295 residents
Very bad health1.1%
89 residents
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
7,022 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,331 residents
Wyberton West & Fen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.6%
1,697 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,233 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.6%
429 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Wyberton West & Fen · 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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