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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001138

Norden East & Bagslate Moor

Norden East & Bagslate Moor is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,647 residents in Rochdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Rochdale
8,647

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,647

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,465.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.1%

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.

Standish South, Wigan8,334 residents · 79.5% owned · 12.9% no carBessacarr Bawtry Road, Doncaster8,091 residents · 77.0% owned · 15.7% no carBromley Cross & Bradshaw, Bolton7,417 residents · 85.4% owned · 12.1% no carWestlands & Seabridge, Newcastle-under-Lyme9,415 residents · 84.4% owned · 10.5% no carHill Hook, Birmingham6,451 residents · 77.1% owned · 15.9% no carBessacarr Grange & Lakeside, Doncaster7,824 residents · 80.8% owned · 11.0% no car

Most similar within Rochdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Springfield Park, Rochdale6,016 residents · 85.3% owned · 11.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Norden East & Bagslate Moor

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

Tenure

Owned79.2%
2,887 households
Private rented12.8%
468 households
Social rented7.6%
276 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.3%
1,833 households
Semi-detached24.6%
898 households
Terraced19.3%
705 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
173 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.9%
1,381 households
2 cars or vans in household36.6%
1,335 households
No cars or vans in household13.4%
489 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12%
439 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%
1,329 households
4 or more bedrooms34.5%
1,257 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
832 households
1 bedroom6.2%
227 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.1%
2,481 households
One-person household27.7%
1,010 households
Other household types4.2%
154 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.6%
1,371 households
1 person in household27.7%
1,010 households
3 people in household15.6%
567 households
4 people in household13.5%
491 households
5 people in household3.8%
137 households
6 people in household1.3%
48 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,335 residents
15–2914.5%
1,255 residents
30–4416.4%
1,418 residents
45–6428.8%
2,492 residents
65 and over24.9%
2,150 residents
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.6%
7,316 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.1%
1,043 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
160 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
71 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
61 residents
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.1%
2,750 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
1,100 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.9%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
614 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
3,968 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.2%
3,119 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.2%
1,818 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
985 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.9%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.5%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.5%
4,366 residents
Good health32.9%
2,843 residents
Fair health11.5%
992 residents
Bad health4.1%
358 residents
Very bad health1.1%
91 residents
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.2%
7,199 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.8%
1,452 residents
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.2%
2,048 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.8%
1,122 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
389 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
80 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Norden East & Bagslate Moor · 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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