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Full neighbourhood profile for S5 0JZ Shiregreen

These are large families living in semi-detached council housing.

Many families have three or more children, and half of all families are headed by a single parent. Housing is generally two or three bedroom council semis and terraces.

Incomes are very low and a fifth of families feel in need of a loan. Unemployment levels are among the highest of any type, being double the national average. Where there is paid work, it tends to be routine jobs in nearby factories or shops. Travel to work is on foot or by public transport. Car ownership is very low.

There is little money for fashion shopping. Cheaper clothing is bought from discount stores and supermarkets.

Leisure activities include fishing, betting, listening to music and cookery, although take-away and fast food are consumed more than average. Magazines such as OK! or Bella and newspapers like The Sun, Daily Mirror, and Daily Star are all relatively popular reading.

Originally posted by Jon
Up My Street.com (http://www.upmystreet.com) This is what it says about my area. Put in your post code and see what it says about where you live.

Full neighbourhood profile for S5 0JZ Shiregreen

These are large families living in semi-detached council housing.

Many families have three or more children, and half of all families are headed by a single parent. Housing is generally two or three bedroom council semis and terraces.

Incomes are very low and a fifth of families feel in need of a loan. Unemployment levels are among the highest of any type, being double the national average. Where there is paid work, it tends to be routine jobs in nearby factories or shops. Travel to work is on foot or by public transport. Car ownership is very low.

There is little money for fashion shopping. Cheaper clothing is bought from discount stores and supermarkets.

Leisure activities include fishing, betting, listening to music and cookery, although take-away and fast food are consumed more than average. Magazines such as OK! or Bella and newspapers like The Sun, Daily Mirror, and Daily Star are all relatively popular reading.

I find it a brilliant source of information, and incidentally BBC London news were doing a report on sites such as UMS, as it may put people at an advantage when looking at areas of where to buy, and that it is unfair that people can be made aware of crime levels, and school grades! Absurd, it really is - must have been a slow news day for the BBC London team!

FTR, DA7 (my number, my letter, my letter) brought up nothing surprising, as I've checked it before - type 29 - middle of the road, Mail-reading, Sky-owning, ISA-owning, middle-aged folk.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in Outer London in Bexley, Havering and Sutton as well as in Dartford, Watford, Stockport, Solihull and the Wirral.


Where we're moving, will either be type 11 or 4.

I believe the Acorn system works upon the lower the number, the more affluent the area - relatives of mine are in types 3 and 4, whilst I know of someone in area 44; the Acorn systems gives a true representation of the areas.

Originally posted by amhudson119
I find it a brilliant source of information, and incidentally BBC London news were doing a report on sites such as UMS, as it may put people at an advantagement when looking-in on areas of where to buy, and that it is unfair that people can be made aware of crime levels, and school grades! Absurd, it really is - must have been a slow news day for the BBC London team!

Indeed, it's a valuable source for house hunters, particularly those new to an area.