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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001183

Patricroft

Patricroft is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,329 residents in Salford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Salford
7,329

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,187

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,661.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.8%

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.

South Reddish & Heaton Norris, Stockport6,410 residents · 56.4% owned · 29.0% no carWhitehead Park, Bury7,282 residents · 60.2% owned · 27.6% no carFailsworth West, Oldham6,787 residents · 47.4% owned · 36.8% no carStafford North East, Stafford7,255 residents · 46.6% owned · 25.1% no carNetherfield & Colwick, Gedling7,324 residents · 55.3% owned · 27.0% no carWigan South, Wigan9,029 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Patricroft

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

Tenure

Owned45.8%
1,461 households
Private rented29.9%
954 households
Social rented22.8%
728 households
Shared ownership1.2%
37 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced50.3%
1,604 households
Semi-detached25.4%
808 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.3%
521 households
Detached3.5%
113 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
63 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.1%
1,502 households
No cars or vans in household31.6%
1,007 households
2 cars or vans in household17.7%
565 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
113 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms45.8%
1,461 households
3 bedrooms37.7%
1,202 households
1 bedroom9.5%
302 households
4 or more bedrooms7%
222 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.3%
1,860 households
One-person household33.7%
1,076 households
Other household types7.9%
253 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.8%
1,076 households
2 people in household30.7%
977 households
3 people in household18.5%
591 households
4 people in household11.4%
362 households
5 people in household3.5%
112 households
6 people in household1.1%
34 households
7 people in household0.9%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.9%
1,383 residents
15–2922.3%
1,634 residents
30–4425%
1,831 residents
45–6423.2%
1,703 residents
65 and over10.7%
781 residents
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.6%
6,056 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.7%
490 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
293 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
260 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
234 residents
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.8%
1,640 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.7%
1,220 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
857 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
648 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
383 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.2%
3,723 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.2%
2,075 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.4%
968 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.6%
741 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.5%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
347 residents aged 16 and over
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
3,474 residents
Good health32.7%
2,393 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,031 residents
Bad health4.5%
333 residents
Very bad health1.3%
95 residents
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.6%
5,835 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.4%
1,494 residents
Patricroft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46%
1,465 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,020 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
547 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
145 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Patricroft · 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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