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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001232

Hurst Cross

Hurst Cross is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,694 residents in Tameside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tameside
8,694

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,611

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,713.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Failsworth East, Oldham7,458 residents · 61.4% owned · 29.9% no carMiddleton East, Rochdale10,132 residents · 61.8% owned · 26.1% no carAstley Bridge & Waters Meeting, Bolton9,045 residents · 55.0% owned · 29.1% no carBedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth8,058 residents · 63.2% owned · 18.4% no carDerker, Oldham5,952 residents · 42.6% owned · 38.2% no carFenham, Newcastle upon Tyne11,810 residents · 56.8% owned · 32.8% no car

Most similar within Tameside

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Smallshaw, Tameside7,944 residents · 47.3% owned · 36.8% no carAshton East, Tameside7,215 residents · 63.0% owned · 26.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hurst Cross

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

Tenure

Owned52.7%
1,902 households
Social rented23.5%
847 households
Private rented23.3%
840 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.6%
1,505 households
Semi-detached32.8%
1,185 households
Detached14.1%
511 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
368 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%
1,569 households
No cars or vans in household32.4%
1,170 households
2 cars or vans in household19.5%
703 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%
170 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43.7%
1,579 households
3 bedrooms36.5%
1,320 households
4 or more bedrooms11.4%
412 households
1 bedroom8.3%
301 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
2,361 households
One-person household29.8%
1,075 households
Other household types4.9%
177 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.9%
1,152 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,075 households
3 people in household19.2%
694 households
4 people in household12%
432 households
5 people in household4.9%
176 households
6 people in household1.3%
47 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
1,826 residents
15–2918.3%
1,591 residents
30–4420.8%
1,806 residents
45–6424.9%
2,168 residents
65 and over15%
1,303 residents
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.2%
6,542 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.5%
1,433 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.2%
368 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
201 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
151 residents
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.8%
1,674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
1,559 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
982 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
848 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
3,847 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
2,754 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.5%
1,184 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
992 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.4%
906 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.8%
862 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
616 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
475 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
388 residents aged 16 and over
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
4,041 residents
Good health33.3%
2,894 residents
Fair health13.9%
1,211 residents
Bad health5%
433 residents
Very bad health1.3%
115 residents
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81%
7,044 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19%
1,650 residents
Hurst Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.5%
1,426 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.9%
1,261 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.6%
673 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
233 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
19 households
Hurst Cross · 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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