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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001016

Highfield & New Bury

Highfield & New Bury is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,706 residents in Bolton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bolton
8,706

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,341

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,933.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.3%

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.

Lupset, Wakefield10,380 residents · 38.3% owned · 31.5% no carAdswood, Stockport6,989 residents · 49.4% owned · 27.0% no carRibbleton, Preston10,272 residents · 45.5% owned · 34.8% no carDarlaston West, Walsall9,109 residents · 47.1% owned · 28.9% no carWood Green & Old Park, Sandwell8,757 residents · 57.8% owned · 23.2% no carLittle Hulton South, Salford7,272 residents · 48.5% owned · 28.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Highfield & New Bury

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

Tenure

Owned44.9%
1,500 households
Social rented39.7%
1,327 households
Private rented13.8%
462 households
Shared ownership1.2%
40 households
Lives rent free0.4%
12 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached60.7%
2,027 households
Terraced22.4%
748 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.1%
305 households
Detached6.1%
203 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,440 households
No cars or vans in household30%
1,003 households
2 cars or vans in household21.7%
724 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.3%
176 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.6%
2,057 households
2 bedrooms22.6%
755 households
1 bedroom10.1%
339 households
4 or more bedrooms5.7%
190 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.1%
2,209 households
One-person household26.9%
899 households
Other household types7%
233 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household27.6%
923 households
1 person in household26.9%
899 households
3 people in household18.5%
617 households
4 people in household16.9%
565 households
5 people in household7%
233 households
6 people in household1.8%
59 households
7 people in household1%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.9%
2,084 residents
15–2919.5%
1,699 residents
30–4420.5%
1,787 residents
45–6424.2%
2,107 residents
65 and over11.8%
1,029 residents
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.6%
7,274 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.2%
713 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.2%
363 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
231 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
125 residents
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.7%
1,800 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.3%
1,253 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17%
1,107 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
814 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
388 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.3%
3,658 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.1%
2,675 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.7%
1,344 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.4%
937 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.9%
906 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.9%
838 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
779 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.6%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
497 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
393 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.5%
3,958 residents
Good health31.7%
2,758 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,285 residents
Bad health6.3%
548 residents
Very bad health1.8%
157 residents
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.1%
6,801 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.9%
1,905 residents
Highfield & New Bury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension34.6%
1,155 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,117 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.3%
780 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.1%
269 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
20 households
Highfield & New Bury · 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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