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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007053

City Centre West

City Centre West is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,081 residents in Norwich. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,081

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,900

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,977.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

30.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.4%

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.

York City Centre, York11,347 residents · 30.2% owned · 52.2% no carCentral Exeter, Exeter11,622 residents · 26.2% owned · 53.9% no carCity Centre, Barbican & Sutton Harbour, Plymouth11,316 residents · 20.8% owned · 56.7% no carCentral Swansea, Swansea9,124 residents · 24.4% owned · 50.8% no carEast Cliff, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole13,187 residents · 33.1% owned · 38.4% no carSunderland Central & Deptford, Sunderland8,544 residents · 30.7% owned · 51.8% no car

Most similar within Norwich

The closest matches in the same local authority.

City Centre East, Norwich7,113 residents · 30.5% owned · 46.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in City Centre West

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

Tenure

Private rented39.2%
1,137 households
Social rented30.2%
877 households
Owned30%
871 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement56.7%
1,646 households
Terraced16.1%
466 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse10.2%
295 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop5.8%
167 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.4%
156 households
Semi-detached4.6%
132 households
Detached1.3%
39 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.4%
1,549 households
1 car or van in household39.6%
1,151 households
2 cars or vans in household5.8%
167 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.2%
36 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom40.8%
1,183 households
2 bedrooms40.1%
1,162 households
3 bedrooms11.7%
338 households
4 or more bedrooms7.5%
218 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household57.2%
1,658 households
Single family household35%
1,013 households
Other household types7.8%
226 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household57.1%
1,658 households
2 people in household31.1%
902 households
3 people in household7.1%
206 households
4 people in household3.2%
92 households
5 people in household0.8%
24 households
6 people in household0.7%
19 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
7 people in household0%
0 households
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 155.5%
336 residents
15–2944.5%
2,705 residents
30–4420.1%
1,223 residents
45–6416.7%
1,013 residents
65 and over13.2%
804 residents
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.4%
5,072 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.9%
481 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
229 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.7%
163 residents
Other ethnic group2.2%
134 residents
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.4%
2,200 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications30.2%
1,731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.5%
604 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
543 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.8%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.6%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
119 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive47.3%
2,715 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)44.5%
2,550 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8.2%
471 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students29.9%
1,714 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.5%
887 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.8%
733 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
404 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
200 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.3%
2,509 residents
Good health37.2%
2,262 residents
Fair health15.4%
938 residents
Bad health4.9%
298 residents
Very bad health1.2%
74 residents
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.2%
4,576 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.8%
1,507 residents
City Centre West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.9%
1,360 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
935 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15%
435 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
164 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
City Centre West · 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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