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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001150

Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill

Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,981 residents in Rochdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Rochdale
8,981

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,696

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,866.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.6%

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.

Platt Bridge & Spring View, Wigan9,227 residents · 55.1% owned · 25.9% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no carBreightmet South & Darcy Lever, Bolton9,728 residents · 66.0% owned · 22.0% no carRose Hill & Burnley Wood, Burnley10,746 residents · 64.7% owned · 27.8% no carWythenshawe East & Peel Hall, Manchester8,022 residents · 48.7% owned · 31.3% no carLeigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no car

Most similar within Rochdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

North Middleton & Stakehill, Rochdale9,776 residents · 57.0% owned · 28.3% no carMiddleton East, Rochdale10,132 residents · 61.8% owned · 26.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill

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

Tenure

Owned55.1%
2,036 households
Social rented32.3%
1,194 households
Private rented12.3%
455 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.7%
1,652 households
Semi-detached37.1%
1,372 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.9%
329 households
Detached8.6%
316 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,624 households
No cars or vans in household28%
1,034 households
2 cars or vans in household22.5%
833 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
204 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.1%
1,961 households
2 bedrooms31.8%
1,176 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
299 households
1 bedroom7%
259 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
2,461 households
One-person household28.2%
1,041 households
Other household types5.2%
193 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33%
1,221 households
1 person in household28.2%
1,041 households
3 people in household18.8%
695 households
4 people in household12.9%
477 households
5 people in household4.9%
181 households
6 people in household1.5%
56 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.9%
1,969 residents
15–2916.7%
1,496 residents
30–4420.5%
1,845 residents
45–6425.1%
2,252 residents
65 and over15.8%
1,418 residents
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.2%
8,189 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
312 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
226 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
198 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
58 residents
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.9%
1,645 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.6%
1,420 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,230 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
827 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
477 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
3,927 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,815 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.6%
1,283 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.3%
988 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
849 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.8%
813 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
446 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6%
414 residents aged 16 and over
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
4,066 residents
Good health32.8%
2,942 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,316 residents
Bad health6%
537 residents
Very bad health1.3%
120 residents
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
7,039 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,942 residents
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.1%
1,558 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,227 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.9%
661 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.4%
236 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill · 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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