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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001244

Dukinfield East & Hough Hill

Dukinfield East & Hough Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,409 residents in Tameside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Tameside
5,409

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,302

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,298.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.4%

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.

Anlaby Common, East Riding of Yorkshire8,035 residents · 75.8% owned · 16.7% no carRoyton North, Oldham5,674 residents · 81.6% owned · 15.1% no carRoyton East & Cowlishaw, Oldham6,030 residents · 78.8% owned · 17.8% no carHindley Green, Wigan8,521 residents · 82.8% owned · 13.2% no carChapeltown, Sheffield10,998 residents · 80.0% owned · 16.6% no carMelksham North, Wiltshire7,814 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.3% no car

Most similar within Tameside

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Godley, Tameside6,478 residents · 81.3% owned · 14.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dukinfield East & Hough Hill

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

Tenure

Owned81.8%
1,884 households
Private rented13.1%
302 households
Social rented4.8%
111 households
Shared ownership0.2%
4 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44.4%
1,024 households
Terraced36.1%
832 households
Detached18.6%
428 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.5%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.2%
1,018 households
2 cars or vans in household30.9%
713 households
No cars or vans in household15.5%
358 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%
216 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.4%
1,368 households
2 bedrooms26.9%
619 households
4 or more bedrooms12%
277 households
1 bedroom1.7%
40 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.6%
1,604 households
One-person household26%
599 households
Other household types4.4%
101 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.6%
867 households
1 person in household26.1%
601 households
3 people in household18.4%
425 households
4 people in household13.3%
307 households
5 people in household3.6%
83 households
6 people in household0.7%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
6 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516%
867 residents
15–2914.3%
774 residents
30–4417.2%
929 residents
45–6428.7%
1,550 residents
65 and over23.8%
1,288 residents
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.6%
5,062 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.5%
190 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
90 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
41 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
25 residents
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.4%
1,141 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.1%
856 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
842 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
692 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
452 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.8%
394 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.1%
2,651 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
1,766 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.9%
891 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.2%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.8%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.6%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
306 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
199 residents aged 16 and over
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
2,470 residents
Good health35.5%
1,921 residents
Fair health13.9%
754 residents
Bad health3.6%
197 residents
Very bad health1.2%
67 residents
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
4,470 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
939 residents
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
1,148 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
832 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.4%
262 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
59 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Dukinfield East & Hough Hill · 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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