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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001081

Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows

Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,306 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
6,306

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,800

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,844.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

60.6%

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.

Meanwood, Leeds6,867 residents · 59.7% owned · 22.4% no carSale North, Trafford8,550 residents · 68.1% owned · 19.9% no carVictoria Park, Cardiff5,937 residents · 71.8% owned · 22.2% no carHitchin Bearton, North Hertfordshire8,160 residents · 58.1% owned · 20.5% no carChapel Allerton North, Leeds7,035 residents · 63.4% owned · 21.4% no carGledhow, Leeds6,069 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.5% no car

Most similar within Manchester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Didsbury Village, Manchester9,281 residents · 59.4% owned · 24.3% no carChorlton South, Manchester7,427 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows

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

Tenure

Owned62.9%
1,762 households
Private rented20.7%
579 households
Social rented15.7%
440 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.3%
1,156 households
Terraced37%
1,036 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.8%
358 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4%
112 households
Detached3.6%
100 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household50.1%
1,404 households
2 cars or vans in household23.4%
656 households
No cars or vans in household22.6%
634 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
109 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.5%
1,134 households
2 bedrooms30%
839 households
4 or more bedrooms20.2%
566 households
1 bedroom9.3%
261 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.5%
1,694 households
One-person household32.4%
907 households
Other household types7.1%
199 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
980 households
1 person in household32.4%
908 households
3 people in household15.1%
423 households
4 people in household12.6%
354 households
5 people in household3.4%
95 households
6 people in household0.8%
23 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,098 residents
15–2916.4%
1,037 residents
30–4427.1%
1,710 residents
45–6426%
1,641 residents
65 and over13%
822 residents
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.3%
5,248 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.2%
388 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%
365 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
152 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
150 residents
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above60.6%
3,113 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.8%
604 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11%
564 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.5%
387 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.2%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.1%
3,546 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.4%
1,511 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
75 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.3%
1,402 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.8%
1,375 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
410 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.9%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
345 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.1%
3,535 residents
Good health29.7%
1,875 residents
Fair health9.3%
588 residents
Bad health3.5%
221 residents
Very bad health1.4%
87 residents
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
5,306 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,000 residents
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.9%
1,647 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.3%
763 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
297 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
87 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows · 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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