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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001193

South Reddish & Heaton Norris

South Reddish & Heaton Norris is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,410 residents in Stockport. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Stockport
6,410

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,014

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,235.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

Whitehead Park, Bury7,282 residents · 60.2% owned · 27.6% no carNetherfield & Colwick, Gedling7,324 residents · 55.3% owned · 27.0% no carRuncorn Town & Westfield, Halton10,654 residents · 52.5% owned · 26.1% no carPatricroft, Salford7,329 residents · 45.8% owned · 31.6% no carPorthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme7,413 residents · 64.4% owned · 23.2% no carRodley & Stanningley Park, Leeds6,286 residents · 59.6% owned · 25.0% no car

Most similar within Stockport

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Heaviley, Stockport8,430 residents · 55.4% owned · 28.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in South Reddish & Heaton Norris

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

Tenure

Owned56.4%
1,699 households
Private rented25.1%
758 households
Social rented18%
544 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced50.7%
1,529 households
Semi-detached26%
785 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16%
483 households
Detached3.2%
95 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.7%
80 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
22 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.7%
1,436 households
No cars or vans in household29%
873 households
2 cars or vans in household19.7%
593 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
111 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms47.9%
1,444 households
3 bedrooms32.5%
980 households
1 bedroom13.6%
410 households
4 or more bedrooms6%
180 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.2%
1,755 households
One-person household37%
1,114 households
Other household types4.8%
144 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37%
1,115 households
2 people in household34.5%
1,039 households
3 people in household15.2%
459 households
4 people in household8.9%
268 households
5 people in household3.2%
96 households
6 people in household0.8%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,087 residents
15–2918.3%
1,173 residents
30–4425.6%
1,640 residents
45–6425.2%
1,616 residents
65 and over13.9%
892 residents
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.7%
5,560 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.7%
432 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
206 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
123 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
90 residents
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
1,636 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.4%
971 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
903 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
728 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
560 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
135 residents aged 16 and over
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.9%
3,365 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.7%
1,829 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
71 residents aged 16 and over
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.4%
757 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.3%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.1%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.1%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
446 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
258 residents aged 16 and over
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
2,904 residents
Good health34.5%
2,209 residents
Fair health13.9%
894 residents
Bad health5.1%
324 residents
Very bad health1.2%
79 residents
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.7%
5,107 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.3%
1,303 residents
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,370 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,007 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.2%
488 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
142 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
South Reddish & Heaton Norris · 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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