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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001212

Adswood

Adswood is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,989 residents in Stockport. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Stockport
6,989

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,683

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,626.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.0%

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.

Highfield & New Bury, Bolton8,706 residents · 44.9% owned · 30.0% no carLupset, Wakefield10,380 residents · 38.3% owned · 31.5% no carWood Green & Old Park, Sandwell8,757 residents · 57.8% owned · 23.2% no carBrookfield & Holme Slack, Preston10,544 residents · 59.1% owned · 28.6% no carArnold Town, Gedling5,876 residents · 58.4% owned · 29.4% no carLittle Hulton South, Salford7,272 residents · 48.5% owned · 28.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Adswood

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

Tenure

Owned49.4%
1,326 households
Social rented38.8%
1,040 households
Private rented10.5%
283 households
Shared ownership1.1%
30 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached67.9%
1,822 households
Detached10.3%
276 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10%
269 households
Terraced9.7%
261 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
39 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.2%
1,185 households
No cars or vans in household27%
725 households
2 cars or vans in household23.2%
621 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.6%
151 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms64.6%
1,732 households
2 bedrooms18.3%
490 households
1 bedroom9%
242 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
217 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.6%
1,760 households
One-person household28.1%
753 households
Other household types6.4%
171 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.4%
762 households
1 person in household28.1%
753 households
3 people in household18.2%
487 households
4 people in household14.4%
386 households
5 people in household6.7%
179 households
6 people in household2.8%
74 households
7 people in household1.1%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524%
1,675 residents
15–2919%
1,329 residents
30–4423.3%
1,626 residents
45–6422.7%
1,583 residents
65 and over11.1%
775 residents
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.7%
5,778 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.4%
730 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
215 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
160 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
106 residents
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.8%
1,290 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
821 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
735 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
616 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.6%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.2%
3,127 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.3%
1,991 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.8%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
836 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.3%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.9%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
352 residents aged 16 and over
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
3,202 residents
Good health31.5%
2,204 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,035 residents
Bad health6.1%
429 residents
Very bad health1.7%
119 residents
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
5,380 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,609 residents
Adswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.8%
1,042 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
865 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.4%
574 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
192 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
10 households
Adswood · 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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