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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001180

Pendleton

Pendleton is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,686 residents in Salford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Salford
5,686

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,541

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,230.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

58.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.7%

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.

Central Bolton, Bolton8,530 residents · 20.0% owned · 54.4% no carElswick South, Newcastle upon Tyne5,536 residents · 15.7% owned · 59.7% no carByker South & St Peters, Newcastle upon Tyne6,458 residents · 21.0% owned · 59.2% no carFratton West, Portsmouth5,312 residents · 14.0% owned · 55.5% no carUpperthorpe, Netherthorpe & Langsett, Sheffield9,372 residents · 29.3% owned · 50.5% no carToxteth, Liverpool9,713 residents · 21.9% owned · 54.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pendleton

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

Tenure

Social rented71%
1,804 households
Private rented16.5%
418 households
Owned11.4%
289 households
Lives rent free0.9%
23 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement59.9%
1,522 households
Terraced23.6%
600 households
Semi-detached12.9%
328 households
Detached2.2%
56 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
16 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 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%
3 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household58.3%
1,482 households
1 car or van in household33.5%
852 households
2 cars or vans in household6.5%
164 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.7%
44 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms50.9%
1,294 households
3 bedrooms21.8%
554 households
1 bedroom21.7%
553 households
4 or more bedrooms5.6%
142 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household46.3%
1,177 households
One-person household45.8%
1,165 households
Other household types7.9%
201 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household45.8%
1,165 households
2 people in household24.9%
633 households
3 people in household15.7%
400 households
4 people in household8.7%
222 households
5 people in household3.2%
81 households
6 people in household1%
26 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
988 residents
15–2927.9%
1,584 residents
30–4423.7%
1,349 residents
45–6419.1%
1,087 residents
65 and over11.9%
678 residents
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64.1%
3,646 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.9%
1,131 residents
Other ethnic group6.6%
373 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
285 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
250 residents
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.7%
1,239 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications26.6%
1,234 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
836 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
491 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.9%
2,318 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)43.2%
2,007 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.8%
317 residents aged 16 and over
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students21%
973 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.6%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.9%
785 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.8%
500 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.1%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
274 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.2%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
199 residents aged 16 and over
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.2%
2,515 residents
Good health30.4%
1,730 residents
Fair health15.9%
904 residents
Bad health6.8%
386 residents
Very bad health2.7%
151 residents
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
4,377 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,307 residents
Pendleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
877 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.1%
791 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.2%
564 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions11.8%
299 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Pendleton · 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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