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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001040

Kirkhams & Holyrood

Kirkhams & Holyrood is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,405 residents in Bury. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bury
6,405

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,632

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,574.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.4%

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.

Llandough & Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan8,997 residents · 74.3% owned · 16.3% no carCookridge & Holt Park, Leeds6,078 residents · 76.6% owned · 19.6% no carWilford & Silverdale, Nottingham6,129 residents · 73.2% owned · 21.4% no carNorthfield Victoria Common, Birmingham7,583 residents · 74.4% owned · 23.2% no carSandfield Park & Holly Lodge, Liverpool9,689 residents · 76.4% owned · 21.5% no carAlkrington, Rochdale9,903 residents · 81.1% owned · 16.4% no car

Most similar within Bury

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Prestwich Clough & Rainsough, Bury5,686 residents · 68.3% owned · 21.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kirkhams & Holyrood

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

Tenure

Owned80.5%
2,120 households
Private rented15.3%
402 households
Social rented3.8%
99 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached61.1%
1,608 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.2%
347 households
Detached13.1%
345 households
Terraced10.4%
274 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
19 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,187 households
2 cars or vans in household30.9%
812 households
No cars or vans in household16%
422 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8%
210 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.5%
1,381 households
4 or more bedrooms23.3%
613 households
2 bedrooms16.2%
426 households
1 bedroom8.1%
212 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
1,692 households
One-person household30.2%
794 households
Other household types5.5%
146 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.1%
870 households
1 person in household30.2%
794 households
3 people in household16.6%
436 households
4 people in household13.9%
365 households
5 people in household4.7%
125 households
6 people in household1.1%
30 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,060 residents
15–2914.7%
943 residents
30–4422.8%
1,462 residents
45–6426.5%
1,697 residents
65 and over19.4%
1,239 residents
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.8%
5,370 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.3%
596 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
169 residents
Other ethnic group2.5%
158 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
113 residents
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.4%
2,026 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
939 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.4%
761 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
703 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
3,135 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.1%
2,065 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,237 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
795 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
678 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.9%
468 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
271 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.9%
3,132 residents
Good health32.7%
2,095 residents
Fair health13.3%
849 residents
Bad health4%
254 residents
Very bad health1.1%
73 residents
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81%
5,190 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19%
1,215 residents
Kirkhams & Holyrood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.1%
1,370 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
883 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.8%
310 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Kirkhams & Holyrood · 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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