Read all about where YOU live!

moanymoany

Roll up, roll up - read all about it. Well where you and your friends live - or may want to live.

All you need is a postcode and all the information you need will be there! Check out the 'Profile' section.

http://www.upmystreet.com/

I got this website from Sarah Beeny's book 'Property Ladder'. It is to help you decide if an area is worth developing. (Didn't buy it - it was in the charity shop where I help out - had to have a look didn't I?)

silvercar

Oh well, moving about a mile moves me from a ACORN type 36 to a type 2

hethmar

Ive used this site for a long time but I have to say it can be WAY out on descriptions of your neighbours etc. Point being that they go by the borough rather than the district - hence if your doss hole of a street is actually under a generally expensive borough your sun reading/non reading neighbours can become Guardian subscribers

Davesnave

I'm posh. I'm an Acorn Type 14, and only 1.48% of the population aspire to this. The broad description is pretty accurate, apart from the bloke at No 28, who calls women 'Doll,' the dodgy geezer at No14, who looks like he relieves churches of their lead for a living. Oh, and the dotty old coot at 32, who has a concrete donkey in her front garden. Still, bound to be a few anomalies.

'Car ownership is high with two cars being very common. One of the cars is likely to be a high value company car.' Hmmm....Do you think a yellow Transit would count as a high value company car? Yeah, probably...

'interests include fine arts and antiques,' Yup, I've got one Staffordshire dog and a print of ' The Fighting Temeraire.' ....Uncanny!

'Eating out is also popular.' Absolutely. The Indian take out Saturdays and chippy Wednesday. Hey, they really know their stuff!

But here's the clincher: 'They make investments using financial advisers... as well as directly using the Internet'.... MSE, of course! How on Earth did they know that?

Bloomin' marvellous. What a tool!

hethmar

I rest my case

ad44downey

moanymoany wrote: »

I got this website from Sarah Beeny's book 'Property Ladder'.

It's nowhere near as good as krusty allsopp's book 'Property Snake'

SingleSue

Lmao!

I put in my current postcode and apparently we are all old with significant medical problems, low amount of mortgages (probably because we are old) and we don't shop in the high street but by catalogues.

Put in my parents address (where I was born...yes in their front bedroom!) and its acorn type 11.
Family income - High
Interest in current affairs - Medium
Housing with mortgage- High
Educated to degree - Medium
Couples with children - High
Have satellite TV - High

These well-off people live in established towns and villages.

People tend to be a little older, with households being a mix of couples with older children, empty nesters with some retired people. They live in large detached houses and many people have paid off their mortgage. As a result, their high value homes are significant financial assets, even if they are not always in the most expensive areas of the country.

High family incomes support a good lifestyle. Two or more cars are common, at least one being a pricier new model. There is also money left over for investments in guaranteed income bonds, regular savings plans and high interest investments. Some householders will have a private pension plan.

This is a gentler traditional lifestyle with outdoor activities such as golf, gardening, bird watching, hiking and visits to places of interest such as stately homes. Families only eat out from time to time. At home there is interest in good food or wines and subscriptions to magazines, such as Good Housekeeping.

Readership of the Daily Express and Daily Telegraph reflects these families’ more traditional values. They are more likely listen to Radio 2 and Radio 4.

Hmmm some points are correct but others are a little wide of the mark.....my parents read the Daily Mail!

stephen163

My area doesn't sound good

Generally, employment is in blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, mining and other manual occupations, with shopworkers also common. There is some unemployment, and long term illness is above the national average. As might be expected, educational qualification levels are generally low.

Well it *is* Wales, so they got the mining bit right

Popular newspapers include the Daily Mirror, Daily Sport and their Sunday equivalents, as well as the Daily Star. - HOW DID THEY KNOW!

chucky

Decent site - good info for my area I think.

Type 16 in the ACORN classification and 1.03% of the UK’s population live in this type.

These young people live in urban areas in purpose built and converted flats. This group has the highest levels of people aged 25-29. They are very highly qualified, and are making their way up the career ladder in the professions and managerial roles. They earn high salaries.

40% of people live alone. There are also high numbers sharing larger properties. They are typically renting rather than buying, which reflects the more transient nature of these communities.

Trollfever

This is where I live:

Family income Low
Interest in current affairs Low
Housing - with mortgage Low
Educated - to degree Low
Couples with children Very low
Have satellite TV Medium

Must move to a better class of bridge.

Trollfever

And this is the bridge that I got evicted from:

Family income High
Interest in current affairs High
Housing - with mortgage High
Educated - to degree High
Couples with children High
Have satellite TV Medium