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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007052

Heigham Grove & St Augustines

Heigham Grove & St Augustines is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,464 residents in Norwich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,464

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,699

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,649.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

49.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.2%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Heigham Grove & St Augustines

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

Tenure

Social rented49.7%
1,839 households
Private rented26.1%
966 households
Owned23.5%
868 households
Lives rent free0.5%
18 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement60.8%
2,251 households
Terraced22.7%
840 households
Semi-detached6.7%
247 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.1%
114 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.9%
107 households
Detached2.1%
77 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
64 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household49%
1,812 households
1 car or van in household40.5%
1,499 households
2 cars or vans in household9.2%
341 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.3%
48 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms46.4%
1,719 households
1 bedroom33.3%
1,234 households
3 bedrooms16.7%
617 households
4 or more bedrooms3.6%
133 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household54.4%
2,012 households
Single family household38.3%
1,417 households
Other household types7.3%
272 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household54.4%
2,012 households
2 people in household28.2%
1,044 households
3 people in household10.1%
374 households
4 people in household5.7%
212 households
5 people in household1.1%
42 households
6 people in household0.4%
14 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.5%
811 residents
15–2924.1%
1,555 residents
30–4424.6%
1,593 residents
45–6422.2%
1,434 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,071 residents
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.8%
5,612 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
284 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.7%
236 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
207 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
124 residents
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.2%
1,866 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.9%
1,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.9%
893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
687 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
585 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
3,202 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.5%
2,277 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.5%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
941 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.3%
637 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.3%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health37.2%
2,407 residents
Good health36.1%
2,337 residents
Fair health17.8%
1,148 residents
Bad health6.7%
432 residents
Very bad health2.2%
141 residents
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act72.8%
4,707 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act27.2%
1,757 residents
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.4%
1,419 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,244 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.9%
738 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.8%
288 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Heigham Grove & St Augustines · 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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