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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001235

Ashton East

Ashton East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,215 residents in Tameside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tameside
7,215

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,057

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,156.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.3%

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.

Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees, Bury6,180 residents · 61.7% owned · 25.1% no carMiddleton East, Rochdale10,132 residents · 61.8% owned · 26.1% no carFailsworth East, Oldham7,458 residents · 61.4% owned · 29.9% no carWhitehead Park, Bury7,282 residents · 60.2% owned · 27.6% no carBedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth8,058 residents · 63.2% owned · 18.4% no carRamsgate Ellington, Thanet8,139 residents · 58.5% owned · 25.7% no car

Most similar within Tameside

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hurst Cross, Tameside8,694 residents · 52.7% owned · 32.4% no carGuide Bridge, Tameside7,419 residents · 58.8% owned · 26.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashton East

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

Tenure

Owned63%
1,926 households
Private rented27.1%
827 households
Social rented9.8%
299 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.1%
1,349 households
Semi-detached34%
1,040 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.4%
286 households
Detached8.7%
266 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
58 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
40 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.2%
1,412 households
No cars or vans in household26.5%
809 households
2 cars or vans in household21.8%
667 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
169 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.7%
1,245 households
2 bedrooms40.3%
1,232 households
4 or more bedrooms11.4%
347 households
1 bedroom7.6%
233 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.9%
1,921 households
One-person household30.9%
945 households
Other household types6.2%
189 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32%
978 households
1 person in household30.9%
945 households
3 people in household19.3%
590 households
4 people in household12%
366 households
5 people in household3.5%
108 households
6 people in household1.3%
39 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
19 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.2%
1,386 residents
15–2917.9%
1,295 residents
30–4422.5%
1,623 residents
45–6425.4%
1,834 residents
65 and over14.9%
1,078 residents
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White76.3%
5,506 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.4%
1,330 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
151 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
149 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
79 residents
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.3%
1,514 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.4%
1,175 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,020 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
881 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
619 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
380 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
158 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61%
3,504 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
2,167 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
76 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,073 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
745 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.2%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.3%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.8%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
3,366 residents
Good health33.6%
2,422 residents
Fair health13.5%
976 residents
Bad health5.1%
366 residents
Very bad health1.2%
85 residents
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.6%
5,884 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.4%
1,330 residents
Ashton East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.2%
1,412 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
991 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.1%
491 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
149 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Ashton East · 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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