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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000984

Dunscar & Egerton

Dunscar & Egerton is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,678 residents in Bolton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bolton
7,678

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,208

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

972

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Ellenbrook & Boothstown, Salford10,908 residents · 85.4% owned · 9.2% no carShelley & Shepley, Kirklees6,012 residents · 84.7% owned · 8.3% no carBrough, East Riding of Yorkshire13,521 residents · 79.1% owned · 8.4% no carLittlehaven, Horsham11,343 residents · 81.1% owned · 7.9% no carMenston & Burley Moor, Bradford6,195 residents · 85.0% owned · 9.9% no carAmpthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dunscar & Egerton

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned88.2%
2,830 households
Private rented10.4%
335 households
Social rented1.2%
38 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached48.9%
1,569 households
Semi-detached27.1%
870 households
Terraced17.2%
553 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.1%
133 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
73 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.3%
1,325 households
1 car or van in household38.3%
1,228 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.3%
427 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
227 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.5%
1,299 households
4 or more bedrooms33.2%
1,066 households
2 bedrooms23.2%
743 households
1 bedroom3.1%
101 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.9%
2,338 households
One-person household24.2%
775 households
Other household types3%
96 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.2%
1,224 households
1 person in household24.2%
775 households
3 people in household17.6%
564 households
4 people in household16%
513 households
5 people in household3.1%
100 households
6 people in household0.7%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,223 residents
15–2914.5%
1,117 residents
30–4417.2%
1,318 residents
45–6429.7%
2,277 residents
65 and over22.7%
1,743 residents
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95%
7,292 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
198 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
148 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
24 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.4%
2,701 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,177 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
886 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.9%
631 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.4%
470 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
402 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.4%
3,916 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.4%
2,322 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.8%
1,773 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.2%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.1%
899 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
299 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56%
4,296 residents
Good health32.3%
2,482 residents
Fair health8.9%
686 residents
Bad health2.2%
168 residents
Very bad health0.6%
46 residents
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.4%
6,706 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.6%
971 residents
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.2%
2,057 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.5%
915 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.7%
216 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.5%
17 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Dunscar & Egerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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