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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000075

Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton

Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,439 residents in Flintshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Flintshire
6,439

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,670

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

361.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.8%

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.

Church Village West, Rhondda Cynon Taf8,945 residents · 87.2% owned · 6.7% no carStrensall, York6,946 residents · 79.8% owned · 9.1% no carShelley & Shepley, Kirklees6,012 residents · 84.7% owned · 8.3% no carEllenbrook & Boothstown, Salford10,908 residents · 85.4% owned · 9.2% no carClanfield & Finchdean, East Hampshire8,743 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.0% no carBrough, East Riding of Yorkshire13,521 residents · 79.1% owned · 8.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton

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

Tenure

Owned85.9%
2,294 households
Private rented7.9%
210 households
Social rented6%
161 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached59%
1,577 households
Semi-detached33.2%
886 households
Terraced5.3%
142 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.6%
44 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
7 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household44.2%
1,179 households
1 car or van in household33.4%
891 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.2%
432 households
No cars or vans in household6.3%
167 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46%
1,228 households
4 or more bedrooms36.2%
967 households
2 bedrooms14.7%
392 households
1 bedroom3.1%
83 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.3%
1,958 households
One-person household23.7%
634 households
Other household types2.9%
78 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.1%
1,017 households
1 person in household23.7%
634 households
3 people in household18%
482 households
4 people in household15.6%
418 households
5 people in household3.6%
95 households
6 people in household0.6%
16 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.2%
1,169 residents
15–2913.7%
881 residents
30–4419.9%
1,282 residents
45–6428.1%
1,810 residents
65 and over20.1%
1,297 residents
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
6,286 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
66 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
59 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.8%
2,067 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.4%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
754 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.5%
547 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.9%
412 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
3,250 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.5%
1,842 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
103 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,333 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.2%
894 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.6%
759 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
495 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
291 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
270 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.7%
3,587 residents
Good health30.9%
1,987 residents
Fair health10.2%
658 residents
Bad health2.5%
162 residents
Very bad health0.7%
42 residents
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.4%
5,567 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.6%
873 residents
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.2%
1,631 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.8%
796 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.6%
204 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Pen-y-ffordd & Higher Kinnerton · 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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