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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001230

Ashton North

Ashton North is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,871 residents in Tameside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tameside
5,871

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,346

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,013.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.3%

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.

Over Hulton, Bolton6,106 residents · 81.2% owned · 11.4% no carGlenfield, Blaby10,820 residents · 82.1% owned · 12.1% no carApley & Leegomery, Telford and Wrekin6,174 residents · 68.4% owned · 15.8% no carKennington & Little Burton Farm, Ashford6,800 residents · 78.5% owned · 11.8% no carHigher Woodhill, Bury5,695 residents · 72.7% owned · 17.5% no carMinworth, Birmingham5,596 residents · 79.8% owned · 14.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashton North

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

Tenure

Owned78.6%
1,844 households
Private rented12.1%
284 households
Social rented9.2%
217 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Shared ownership0%
0 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.7%
1,214 households
Detached36.6%
858 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.8%
136 households
Terraced5%
117 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
9 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39%
915 households
2 cars or vans in household32.6%
765 households
No cars or vans in household16.6%
389 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
276 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.7%
978 households
4 or more bedrooms31.9%
748 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
495 households
1 bedroom5.4%
127 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.4%
1,626 households
One-person household24.5%
574 households
Other household types6.1%
144 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
830 households
1 person in household24.6%
576 households
3 people in household18.1%
425 households
4 people in household13.9%
327 households
5 people in household5%
117 households
6 people in household2%
47 households
7 people in household0.6%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
922 residents
15–2915.7%
922 residents
30–4417.5%
1,029 residents
45–6427.1%
1,590 residents
65 and over23.9%
1,404 residents
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.2%
4,295 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh22.6%
1,327 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
117 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
101 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
30 residents
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.3%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.7%
1,012 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
813 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
528 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
2,691 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.9%
2,099 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
966 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.8%
676 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
611 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.4%
557 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
285 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
2,651 residents
Good health34.6%
2,032 residents
Fair health14.3%
841 residents
Bad health4.7%
273 residents
Very bad health1.2%
73 residents
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
4,844 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,027 residents
Ashton North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47%
1,102 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
835 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
334 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
71 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Ashton North · 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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