Rubbish Neighbourhood Reports

angryflashguy

So the ACORN reports are per postcode? So aren't they a decent indicator of the kind of people living at said street?

ET1976

The report for my postcode starts:

"Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be students living in terraces."

ha ha ha ha ha :rotfl:. The street is all big family houses, no student house shares in sight! Many of the houses have sold for over £1 million since I've been there... (not mine, I hasten to add, I'm at the cheap end!).

utter tosh.

Jue_xx

angryflashguy wrote: »

So the ACORN reports are per postcode? So aren't they a decent indicator of the kind of people living at said street?

Obviously not!

Just out if interest, what does yours say, dtl?

mark55man

well they were right when I moved in 15 years ago (and right about the neighbours)

"Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be younger white-collar couples with mortgages. These are known as type 26 in the ACORN classification and 2.04% of the UK's population live in this type."

now 15 years on - all the kids are grown up & several have left - so we are now older white collar couples (but still with mortgages - coz they never go away)

westv

The info in uklocalarea is based on the Census carried out by National Statistics in 2001 and updated recently in 2003/2004 so it can't be that wrong. Of course, as has been said, it should only be used as another tool when buying along with real life observations and (if possible) local questioning.

savemoney

This is mine

Not sure what to make of it. I live on a quiet narrow street with very little traffic, few kids live in my street, seems quite a few retired people live on my street. Most houses are semis with odd bungalow and detached house. I suppose there not large semis some do have garages, mine is reasonable big as its different house to many



Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be established home owning workers. These are known as type 30 in the ACORN classification and 3.64% of the UK's population live in this type.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Darlington, Stoke, Rotherham and Mansfield.
These traditional blue-collar neighbourhoods contain predominantly married couples, families with older children and some empty nesters.

Formal educational qualifications are below average. People tend to work in routine occupations in manufacturing and retail, in a mixture of skilled, semi-skilled and manual jobs. Family incomes are average, and the main income is often supplemented by female part-time working.

Smaller semi-detached houses, usually with two or three bedrooms, are most common and account for two thirds of the housing stock in this type. Half of householders are buying their property on a mortgage with another third owning outright.

Most households have access to a car but usually a smaller, inexpensive model, possibly bought second hand.

These people are likely to take one main holiday a year, probably a packaged holiday to the Mediterranean or a camping or caravanning holiday in the UK.

Watching TV is a popular leisure activity, as is going to the cinema and sometimes bingo. Doing the football pools, gardening and visiting the pub are also common. Tabloid newspapers are favoured reading, and many listen to Radio 2.

Jue_xx

savemoney wrote: »

This is mine


Watching TV is a popular leisure activity, as is going to the cinema and sometimes bingo. Doing the football pools, gardening and visiting the pub are also common. Tabloid newspapers are favoured reading, and many listen to Radio 2.

Ooh, great, I'm off for a game of bingo later! Fancy joining me?

Mum_of_3_3

Just checked my postcode, my friend's & my parent's postcodes on UpMyStreet.

They all seem pretty accurate with regards with who lives there, what they do, how much disposable income they have. The locations are nowhere near true, but give the right sort of area if that makes sense (ie my parents live in Cornwall & it states Norfolk or the Scottish Highlands).

They also have the ACORN grouping right, we live in an good area of town, but none of us in the street earn meg-bucks and therefore are 34, my friend lives in a detatched in a very, very nice part of town, earns more than us and is group 10, whereas my parents live in a far nicer area and in a far nicer (& bigger house) than either of us and were probably far better off at our age than we are and they are in group 4.

Ok there are some things in there that aren't right, such as us having satellite TV and liking rugby, but I guess it can't get everything right!

M_o_3

breadlinebetty

UPMYSTREET is a very good tool to get a general guide. They do sometimes even tell you the type of food the people eat - takeaways, KFC, stuff like that and what they like to watch on TV. Not sure how they know that, maybe they do a survey or something, but as general guide it's more or less right.

Plus it gives info on local crime figures etc.

By the way, nowt wrong with Bingo halls!

spirit

Ha ha,

my neighbour [STRIKE]reads[/STRIKE] looks at the Sun, otherwise it's fairly accurate.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be older families living in prosperous suburbs. These are known as type 9 in the ACORN classification and 2.11% of the UK's population live in this type.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile may be found more frequently in Outer London suburbs such as Bromley, Harrow, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton and Croydon, as well as towns like St Albans.
These are established suburbs, housing larger professional families, with some empty nesters and retired. Children tend to be older, including some home-based students. Homes are typically semi-detached and family incomes are high.

People are well educated, to A-Level or degree level. They usually have managerial and professional jobs. They are PC-literate, finding a variety of uses for the Internet. In addition to the usual purchasing of books or CDs they may well book holidays, research purchases and plan their careers online. It might not only be the children playing games online.

These families are financially secure. They may have a mix of savings plans, unit trusts or ISAs. Some will also have investments in stocks and shares. Those who are charitably minded extend this financial awareness to their giving, using tax-efficient covenants.

Food shopping is done at stores such as Waitrose, Sainsburys and M&S. Mens clothing is often bought in department stores, whilst women may visit Next or French Connection.

Holiday locations are varied, covering Europe, America and further afield. Skiing is popular and people take the occasional weekend break. Leisure activity is varied. Many enjoy evenings at the theatre. Some play golf or exercise at the gym. Others have an interest in antiques, wine, eating out or in current affairs.

These communities are the heartland of the broadsheet newspapers. They read magazines such as Ideal Homes, Good Housekeeping and OK! or Hello!