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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007101

Elswick North

Elswick North is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,609 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newcastle upon Tyne
9,609

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,150

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,233.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

30.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

50.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.1%

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.

Darnall, Sheffield8,571 residents · 36.9% owned · 38.9% no carRose Hill & Castleward, Derby11,564 residents · 33.7% owned · 46.8% no carFoleshill East, Coventry11,719 residents · 33.2% owned · 41.1% no carStrangeways, Manchester9,362 residents · 22.8% owned · 41.5% no carRumworth North, Bolton9,343 residents · 38.3% owned · 41.2% no carFoleshill West, Coventry7,355 residents · 41.4% owned · 34.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Elswick North

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

Tenure

Private rented43.3%
1,363 households
Owned30.3%
954 households
Social rented25.7%
809 households
Lives rent free0.5%
16 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement35.5%
1,118 households
Semi-detached30.7%
966 households
Terraced19.7%
619 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.1%
255 households
Detached4.2%
132 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household50.9%
1,602 households
1 car or van in household35.2%
1,108 households
2 cars or vans in household10.7%
336 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
104 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.8%
1,255 households
2 bedrooms38.7%
1,220 households
4 or more bedrooms12.3%
386 households
1 bedroom9.2%
289 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.6%
1,878 households
One-person household29.2%
920 households
Other household types11.2%
354 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.2%
919 households
2 people in household19.9%
628 households
3 people in household16.2%
510 households
4 people in household14.1%
443 households
5 people in household9.1%
288 households
6 people in household4.6%
145 households
7 people in household4%
125 households
8 or more people in household2.9%
92 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1529%
2,788 residents
15–2921.1%
2,027 residents
30–4424%
2,310 residents
45–6418.3%
1,761 residents
65 and over7.5%
719 residents
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White42%
4,032 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh38.9%
3,733 residents
Other ethnic group10.1%
972 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.1%
589 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
280 residents
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications37.5%
2,512 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24.1%
1,612 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
749 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.2%
681 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.7%
647 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.1%
3,417 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)44.9%
3,006 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4%
269 residents aged 16 and over
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed25.9%
1,735 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,132 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.3%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
663 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.3%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51%
4,897 residents
Good health29.9%
2,869 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,214 residents
Bad health5%
484 residents
Very bad health1.5%
143 residents
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
8,114 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,493 residents
Elswick North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.5%
1,212 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.7%
905 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.1%
697 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions10.2%
322 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Elswick North · 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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