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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006934

Pier Head

Pier Head is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,673 residents in Liverpool. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Liverpool
6,673

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,402

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,116.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

56.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

53.9%

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.

City Centre & Trent Bridge, Nottingham9,213 residents · 22.1% owned · 60.1% no carPiccadilly & Ancoats, Manchester10,129 residents · 20.9% owned · 64.2% no carCity Centre North & Collyhurst, Manchester7,882 residents · 17.4% owned · 66.1% no carTemple Meads, Bristol, City of10,108 residents · 17.2% owned · 55.2% no carCentral, Birmingham6,145 residents · 17.5% owned · 60.8% no carLeeds City Centre, Leeds9,531 residents · 19.4% owned · 66.9% no car

Most similar within Liverpool

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Albert Dock & Queen's Dock, Liverpool7,232 residents · 20.6% owned · 45.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pier Head

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

Tenure

Private rented72.2%
2,455 households
Owned20.8%
707 households
Social rented6.7%
229 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement75.8%
2,580 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse15.7%
536 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.3%
112 households
Terraced2.1%
71 households
Semi-detached1.6%
55 households
Detached0.8%
27 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
23 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household56.7%
1,931 households
1 car or van in household36.6%
1,246 households
2 cars or vans in household6.1%
208 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.6%
19 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms54.1%
1,841 households
1 bedroom37.8%
1,286 households
3 bedrooms7.1%
240 households
4 or more bedrooms1.1%
36 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household54.2%
1,844 households
Single family household34.5%
1,174 households
Other household types11.3%
384 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household54.2%
1,844 households
2 people in household38%
1,294 households
3 people in household5.7%
194 households
4 people in household1.3%
43 households
5 people in household0.4%
15 households
6 people in household0.2%
8 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 153.2%
216 residents
15–2956.7%
3,784 residents
30–4424.8%
1,652 residents
45–6411.6%
777 residents
65 and over3.7%
244 residents
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White78.4%
5,230 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.2%
548 residents
Other ethnic group7.4%
495 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
255 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
142 residents
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above53.9%
3,472 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.4%
1,639 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.5%
416 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.5%
352 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.2%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
152 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.2%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58%
3,738 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.3%
2,017 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student10.7%
688 residents aged 16 and over
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students29.6%
1,905 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,276 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.6%
1,261 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.1%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.5%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.1%
262 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.7%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.3%
3,753 residents
Good health31.3%
2,091 residents
Fair health8.3%
556 residents
Bad health3.4%
225 residents
Very bad health0.7%
47 residents
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
5,781 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
891 residents
Pier Head · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.5%
2,058 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.1%
1,025 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.1%
243 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
66 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Pier Head · 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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