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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000066

Shotton & Garden City

Shotton & Garden City is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,845 residents in Flintshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Flintshire
9,845

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,237

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

440.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.9%

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.

Normanton West, Wakefield9,665 residents · 51.6% owned · 28.5% no carSouth Elmsall, Wakefield7,385 residents · 59.2% owned · 24.1% no carEdlington, Doncaster7,785 residents · 56.6% owned · 29.0% no carFerrybridge & West Knottingley, Wakefield8,089 residents · 55.0% owned · 26.8% no carFeatherstone, Wakefield9,039 residents · 56.1% owned · 27.2% no carImmingham & Habrough, North East Lincolnshire10,360 residents · 66.1% owned · 21.2% no car

Most similar within Flintshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Connah's Quay North, Flintshire6,120 residents · 53.9% owned · 24.8% no carFlint North East, Flintshire7,630 residents · 50.7% owned · 28.6% no carHolywell & Bagillt, Flintshire10,752 residents · 58.7% owned · 21.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shotton & Garden City

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

Tenure

Owned54.7%
2,319 households
Social rented27.3%
1,155 households
Private rented17.6%
744 households
Shared ownership0.4%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.1%
2,039 households
Terraced23.9%
1,012 households
Detached15.3%
650 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.2%
389 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
82 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
38 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
19 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,840 households
No cars or vans in household25.8%
1,095 households
2 cars or vans in household22.9%
972 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
329 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.5%
2,225 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
1,047 households
1 bedroom12.1%
512 households
4 or more bedrooms10.7%
455 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.4%
2,602 households
One-person household32.2%
1,365 households
Other household types6.4%
270 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.2%
1,365 households
2 people in household31.8%
1,349 households
3 people in household18.1%
766 households
4 people in household11.3%
479 households
5 people in household4.3%
182 households
6 people in household1.7%
74 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%
1,831 residents
15–2916.8%
1,657 residents
30–4422.4%
2,203 residents
45–6425.3%
2,488 residents
65 and over16.9%
1,664 residents
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.9%
9,443 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
174 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
111 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
84 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
35 residents
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
2,225 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.9%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
1,180 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
1,175 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
909 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
290 residents aged 16 and over
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.6%
4,708 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.9%
3,070 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations25.5%
2,013 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.2%
1,198 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.9%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.1%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
482 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.4%
4,175 residents
Good health35.2%
3,463 residents
Fair health15%
1,476 residents
Bad health5.4%
533 residents
Very bad health2%
199 residents
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
7,749 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
2,095 residents
Shotton & Garden City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.8%
1,601 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,560 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.5%
785 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
277 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Shotton & Garden City · 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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