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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001126

Hathershaw

Hathershaw is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,165 residents in Oldham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Oldham
9,165

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,357

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,487.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.9%

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.

Leamore, Walsall6,863 residents · 45.3% owned · 29.2% no carShadsworth & Intack, Blackburn with Darwen11,082 residents · 37.7% owned · 40.3% no carLaisterdyke & Bowling, Bradford7,646 residents · 39.2% owned · 42.0% no carSmallshaw, Tameside7,944 residents · 47.3% owned · 36.8% no carDarlaston Central, Walsall8,492 residents · 43.0% owned · 31.9% no carFairfield & Jericho, Bury8,152 residents · 46.5% owned · 35.9% no car

Most similar within Oldham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Alt, Oldham7,059 residents · 47.5% owned · 33.0% no carLime Side & Garden Suburb, Oldham7,755 residents · 44.6% owned · 34.0% no carChadderton South East, Oldham6,876 residents · 39.2% owned · 37.5% no carDerker, Oldham5,952 residents · 42.6% owned · 38.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hathershaw

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

Tenure

Owned39.8%
1,337 households
Social rented37.9%
1,273 households
Private rented21.4%
719 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.3%
1,525 households
Terraced41.1%
1,381 households
Detached8.2%
275 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
145 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,451 households
No cars or vans in household38.4%
1,291 households
2 cars or vans in household15.2%
511 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
110 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms47.9%
1,611 households
3 bedrooms37%
1,246 households
4 or more bedrooms7.7%
258 households
1 bedroom7.4%
249 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.6%
2,203 households
One-person household27.4%
921 households
Other household types7%
235 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household27.8%
936 households
1 person in household27.4%
921 households
3 people in household18.5%
623 households
4 people in household12.7%
427 households
5 people in household7.3%
245 households
6 people in household3.7%
123 households
7 people in household1.5%
49 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
38 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526.3%
2,413 residents
15–2919.2%
1,764 residents
30–4422.7%
2,080 residents
45–6421.1%
1,938 residents
65 and over10.6%
969 residents
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White65.8%
6,026 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.5%
2,149 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%
496 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
311 residents
Other ethnic group2%
179 residents
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.9%
2,050 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
1,253 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
988 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
900 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13%
865 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
360 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
229 residents aged 16 and over
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.7%
3,567 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.2%
2,934 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.1%
1,534 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.5%
1,098 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.4%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4%
265 residents aged 16 and over
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
4,201 residents
Good health31.6%
2,895 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,387 residents
Bad health5.6%
516 residents
Very bad health1.8%
165 residents
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.4%
7,277 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.6%
1,887 residents
Hathershaw · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,216 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.3%
1,053 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.3%
750 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.6%
323 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
21 households
Hathershaw · 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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