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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006937

High Town

High Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,371 residents in Luton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Luton
9,371

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,041

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,070.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.5%

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.

St Michael's Road, West Northamptonshire8,570 residents · 28.0% owned · 40.1% no carTown Centre & Semilong, West Northamptonshire9,655 residents · 19.2% owned · 46.2% no carCentral Watford, Watford11,413 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.9% no carPeterborough Central, Peterborough12,049 residents · 31.5% owned · 45.5% no carNewfoundpool, Leicester8,750 residents · 24.9% owned · 44.0% no carWest Hendon, Barnet11,626 residents · 43.4% owned · 39.8% no car

Most similar within Luton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

New Town, Luton13,277 residents · 28.7% owned · 40.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in High Town

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

Tenure

Private rented58.4%
2,360 households
Owned24.4%
988 households
Social rented16.1%
651 households
Shared ownership0.8%
34 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement52.4%
2,121 households
Terraced21.2%
858 households
Semi-detached10.8%
436 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.9%
319 households
Detached4.8%
196 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
49 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,810 households
No cars or vans in household43.7%
1,766 households
2 cars or vans in household9.4%
379 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.2%
89 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.6%
1,478 households
1 bedroom35.7%
1,444 households
3 bedrooms20.8%
841 households
4 or more bedrooms6.9%
278 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50%
2,019 households
One-person household35.9%
1,451 households
Other household types14.1%
569 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.9%
1,451 households
2 people in household29.6%
1,196 households
3 people in household15.2%
613 households
4 people in household11.7%
474 households
5 people in household4.5%
183 households
6 people in household2%
79 households
7 people in household0.6%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.4%
1,817 residents
15–2925.2%
2,360 residents
30–4429.8%
2,789 residents
45–6419%
1,782 residents
65 and over6.6%
622 residents
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White58.2%
5,451 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.4%
1,817 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African12.4%
1,164 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
485 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
452 residents
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.5%
2,569 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.4%
1,666 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
945 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
748 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.8%
354 residents aged 16 and over
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.4%
4,796 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.2%
2,171 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.4%
478 residents aged 16 and over
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
1,488 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.5%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.2%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
646 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.7%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
406 residents aged 16 and over
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
4,803 residents
Good health34.8%
3,263 residents
Fair health10%
939 residents
Bad health2.8%
266 residents
Very bad health1.1%
100 residents
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
8,180 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,191 residents
High Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40%
1,616 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,512 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
694 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
201 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
18 households
High Town · 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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