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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001026

Fernhill & Pimhole

Fernhill & Pimhole is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,350 residents in Bury. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bury
11,350

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,377

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,836

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

39.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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.

Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent7,457 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.1% no carNelson East, Pendle10,466 residents · 46.2% owned · 40.3% no carGilnow & Victory, Bolton10,433 residents · 43.6% owned · 37.3% no carSt Matthew's, Preston8,984 residents · 35.3% owned · 45.2% no carHyde South, Tameside10,543 residents · 51.1% owned · 32.4% no carCobridge & Central Forest, Stoke-on-Trent7,296 residents · 47.3% owned · 34.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fernhill & Pimhole

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

Tenure

Owned43.8%
1,919 households
Private rented38%
1,665 households
Social rented17.7%
776 households
Shared ownership0.2%
10 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced58.6%
2,568 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.5%
856 households
Semi-detached12.8%
561 households
Detached3.7%
161 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.4%
107 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
76 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
42 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
9 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,951 households
No cars or vans in household39.1%
1,711 households
2 cars or vans in household13.1%
575 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
143 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms52.5%
2,300 households
3 bedrooms24.1%
1,057 households
1 bedroom15.1%
662 households
4 or more bedrooms8.2%
361 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.7%
2,484 households
One-person household34.1%
1,494 households
Other household types9.2%
401 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.1%
1,494 households
2 people in household27.2%
1,193 households
3 people in household14.1%
619 households
4 people in household10.7%
469 households
5 people in household6.6%
290 households
6 people in household3.7%
164 households
7 people in household1.8%
80 households
8 or more people in household1.6%
71 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523%
2,614 residents
15–2921.3%
2,417 residents
30–4424.3%
2,756 residents
45–6421.7%
2,463 residents
65 and over9.7%
1,100 residents
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White49.8%
5,657 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh41.6%
4,722 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
350 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
323 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
298 residents
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.7%
2,467 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
2,056 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.9%
1,198 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
1,178 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.2%
4,745 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
3,651 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.6%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
1,461 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
1,065 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
827 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.3%
457 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
379 residents aged 16 and over
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44%
4,998 residents
Good health35.4%
4,018 residents
Fair health14%
1,592 residents
Bad health5%
565 residents
Very bad health1.6%
177 residents
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.7%
9,381 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.3%
1,969 residents
Fernhill & Pimhole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,610 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.6%
1,473 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.1%
925 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
349 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
21 households
Fernhill & Pimhole · 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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