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pickledpink

Annpan wrote: »

Just shows how inaccurate these Sarah Beeny book websites are.

Yeah, and just shows how you don't like to believe how some people live a decent lifestyle.

One word for that: JEALOUSY!:p

Jonbvn

pickledpink wrote: »

Golf is a popular leisure pursuit.

This brings to mind a certain Monty Python sketch;)

silvercar

titles for the ACORN groups here:

http://www.caci.co.uk/acorn/acornmap.asp

LittleMissAspie

"These are comfortably off middle-aged people living outside major towns."

Not sure where they get that idea from? We are right next to the worst area in town. I wonder which part of the postcode they count. If it's just the first bit (CB4) then I guess it's sort of right, but there's a huge area that is the opposite.

I like the crime section though. We are pretty average except for burglary which is high.

MrDT

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be well-off managers living in larger houses. These are known as type 4 in the ACORN classification and 2.5% of the UK’s population live in this type. Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in many counties including Hampshire (Fareham, Basingstoke), Cheshire (Congleton) and Essex (Maldon, Brentwood) as well as in Northern Ireland (Lisburn, Antrim).

Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your neighbourhood:
Family income Very high
Interest in current affairs High
Housing - with mortgage High
Educated - to degree High
Couples with children High
Have satellite TV High
Have tumble dryer High

These are affluent people living in smaller towns and villages throughout the UK. Most are highly qualified professionals and managers with some self employed. Given the rural nature of many of these areas, there are also some agricultural workers. Although these neighbourhoods contain some retired couples, most residents are either families or couples where the children have left home. They live in large detached houses, with four or more bedrooms, which may be owned outright or being bought on a mortgage.

Car ownership is high with many households having two or more cars. Company cars are common and are likely to be of high value.

These well-off people are financially secure with high levels of savings and investments. They are likely to hold stocks and shares and invest in ISAs and unit trusts. They have a good pension which may be company provided or private. They also have private medical insurance.

Levels of PC ownership are high, as is use of the Internet for shopping, banking, and researching future purchases.

These individuals can afford good holidays both in Europe and further afield, including the USA and Canada. They are likely to go skiing and enjoy playing golf. Eating out in restaurants is a regular occurrence as is a general interest in food and wine.

Newspaper readership is largely of the broadsheets, particularly the Telegraph, The Times and Financial Times.

That's pretty accurate for my area in a "broad brush strokes" kind of way. I don't really tick all the boxes - I'm the one dragging the area down haha! (All the houses in my area are council tax band F+, my flat is band A :rotfl:)

Annpan

pickledpink wrote: »

Yeah, and just shows how you don't like to believe how some people live a decent lifestyle.

One word for that: JEALOUSY!:p

I remember you once saying that the internet is full of cranks, liars and fantasists. Takes one to know one.

chrisandanne

MrDT wrote: »

I'm the one dragging the area down haha! (:rotfl:)/quote]


Oh DT, you have something in common with Pickledpist. A x

Rikki

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be living in farming communities. These are known as type 6 in the ACORN classification and 1.7% of the UK’s population live in this type.

These communities are found in some of the most rural areas of Britain, where the economy is underpinned by agriculture. Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your neighbourhood:

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

These communities are found in some of the most rural areas of Britain, where the economy is underpinned by agriculture.

People tend to be between 45 and 65, with older children, many of whom have left home. Whilst their household incomes are modest, they live in large detached houses and farms. They need access to cars given their location, and owning more than two cars is the norm.

They do not have a great deal of spare money for financial investments, but will invest modest amounts in a broad range of products. They are also happy to use credit cards, but are not high spenders.

Nearly one in five people are agricultural workers, and as might be expected with agricultural employment, for many their working day is very long. Nearly 30% work 49+ hours per week.

Their spare time is limited, but they are interested in wildlife and the environment and enjoy hobbies such as gardening and hiking. They do not go out socially very often and they appear to rely on the telephone for social contact as well as business, as their bills are very high. Again, given the year-round demands of the agricultural business, these people do not go on many holidays and will often just fit in trips within the UK and Ireland.

They rely on TV and radio for news, but when they do read papers they tend to prefer the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.


:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Nope not me.

LillyJ

My Parents are a Acorn type 1, my grandparents a type 43, and I'm a 22.
Actually it's quite true to where each of us live the descriptions.

EDIT put my old postcode in by mistake I'm actually a 33 now! But the description is still fairly accurate, lots of middle income families and older couples in 3 bed semis. But I don't listen to classical music and we certainly didn't spend more than £5k on our main car!

clobber_2

I'm an "educated urbanite", apparently. Seems a reasonable "broad-brush" portrait of my postcode.