What Acorn Type are you?

Type 3 for my parents latest main house:

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


Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be wealthy commuters living in villages. These are known as type 3 in the ACORN classification and 2.7% of the UK's population live in this type.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the shire counties, especially in Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as in Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex.
This type of postcode comprises wealthy people living in rural villages, predominantly in the shire counties of England. Given the rural nature of these areas, there is some agricultural employment but most residents are affluent, well educated professional people employed in senior managerial positions. There is also more working from home in this type.

Residents tend to be older, aged 45+, with fewer children and more retired people. Housing is spacious, with four or more bedrooms, mostly detached and at the upper end of the property price ladder. Reflecting the older age profile, more properties are owned outright than being bought on a mortgage.

Car ownership is high with more people commuting by car than by rail. Two or more cars per household is common, with high value cars being the norm.

These are financially astute householders, with high levels of ownership of stocks and shares, unit trusts and guaranteed income bonds. The Internet is used to research and purchase financial products as well as cars, holidays and other products.

Leisure interests include walking, bird watching, the fine arts, antiques, classical music and the opera. Membership of the National Trust is also popular.

Favoured newspapers tend to be the Telegraph, The Times and Financial Times.
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Type 10 for one of our houses:

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

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be well-off working families with mortgages. These are known as type 10 in the ACORN classification and 2.26% of the UK's population live in this type.

Given the commuter nature of this type, it is often found in satellite towns around major conurbations, such as Northampton, Milton Keynes, Reading, Swindon and Crewe.
These are neighbourhoods of young well-off commuter families, with many pre-school and primary school children.

These families often live in relatively large detached houses and have a long time left on their mortgage. However they have good incomes, and feel able to afford such long term commitments. These individuals are likely to be in their 30s, and tend to be professionals and managers with company pensions and company health care. They drive to work in company cars.

These families are financially aware. Where possible they will have regular savings plans and invest in stocks and shares. A child savings plan may cater for the children’s future. The high level of remortaging may indicate confidence in their ability to repay high levels of borrowing. They have credit cards with high credit limits, but their spending is not high.

The Internet is a popular channel for financial services, with e-banking fairly common with these households. On-line activity is generally high whether shopping, booking leisure activity, playing games or the children’s education.

These are young active people, taking part in aerobics, playing golf, rugby and going skiing. For entertainment they own a DVD player, subscribe to satellite TV and go to the cinema.
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Hmmm, I don't quite get this:

The Acorn type:
3 Comfortably Off
G Starting Out
25 White collar singles/sharers, terraces

The financial Acorn type:
J Inner City Existence
44 High rise poverty, banking on welfare

There's not any kind of high rise in this postcode. I'm a little confused as to how their own data can show such disparity.
 
Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your neighbourhood:
Family income High
Interest in current affairs Medium
Housing - with mortgage High
Educated - to degree level Medium
Couples with children Medium
Have satellite TV High

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will have middle incomes and live in areas of home owning. These are known as type 27 in the ACORN classification and 2.99% of the UK's population live in this type.


Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in many parts of the country including Halifax, Huddersfield, Stevenage, Guildford, Dorchester and Cambridge.

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

The children of these middle-aged couples may have flown the nest, thereby allowing the parents a comfortable lifestyle. Family incomes are good and there is plenty of room in their three or four bedroom houses. With possibly a couple of cars on the drive, these managers and skilled workers are free from major financial worries.

Many have paid off their mortgages; others may have prudently protected their futures with mortgage protection policies, life cover and accident insurance. Modest investments will have been carefully spread across ISAs, unit trusts and high interest accounts. They will be preparing for their retirement with a private pension.

Fresh air suits these people. They play golf, go walking and enjoy fishing and bird-watching. As a result of these interests their donations are more likely to support environmental or wildlife charities. Weekend visits to places of interest means they are likely to have taken National Trust membership.

These are Daily Telegraph and Daily Express readers, and often listen to Radio 2.
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lol :D
 
Wow, I'm very surprised considering I have an SL1 postcode!

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be wealthy mature professionals living in large houses. These are known as type 1 in the ACORN classification and 1.7% of the UK's population live in this type.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in large numbers in the Home Counties, especially in South Buckinghamshire, Surrey (Guildford and Kingston-upon-Thames), Hertfordshire (Watford and St Albans) and Cheshire (Macclesfield).

This type of postcode encompasses the most affluent people in the UK. They live in wealthy, high status suburban and semi-rural neighbourhoods, particularly in the Home Counties. Most are highly qualified professionals, senior executives and business owners, often in their 40s and 50s.

hey tend to live in large detached houses with four or more bedrooms, many of which are owned outright. These households often have more than two cars, at least one of which is likely to be a high value company car.

Unsurprisingly, given their affluence and occupations, these individuals are financially sophisticated, investing directly in stocks and shares as well as unit trusts, bonds and other forms of investments. Technologically literate, they are confident home PC users. The internet is a popular channel for purchases and financial transactions, including on-line banking.

There is a high level of readership of the Financial Times as well as the other quality broadsheets.

Golf is a popular leisure pursuit. Two holidays a year are common, perhaps one long haul destination and a week on the ski slopes. These consumers have a well developed interest in the arts, classical music and opera as well as enjoying fine wine and gourmet food. They are likely to have charitable interests, often using tax-efficient covenants and direct debit payments to make their donations.

Family income Very high
Interest in current affairs High
Housing - with mortgage Medium
Educated - to degree level Very high
Couples with children High
Have satellite TV High
 
Thats quite an impressive rating, i'm interested to know which area of macc thats talking about, my parents class 3 house is down Presbury Road and i'd consider that better off than any of macc i can think of.
 
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That site should be called

IamBetterThenYouBecauseAInternetNetSiteSaysSo.com or for the ladys in the area
I'vegotaPorsche.com :)
 

Category: 4, Moderate Means

Group: M, Blue Collar Roots

Type: 41, Skilled workers, semis and terraces
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Right on target. Not all of it applies to us, though! We're office professionals (missus is a teacher; I'm a manager). :)
 
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