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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001272

Sale East

Sale East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,024 residents in Trafford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Trafford
8,024

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,368

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,545.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.5%

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.

Caversham Balmore Park, Reading8,588 residents · 77.0% owned · 16.4% no carHitchin Highbury, North Hertfordshire7,868 residents · 74.3% owned · 14.3% no carRhiwbina Village, Cardiff7,489 residents · 80.5% owned · 13.8% no carNorris Bank, Stockport6,278 residents · 74.8% owned · 15.6% no carCheadle Hulme Orrishmere, Stockport7,841 residents · 81.4% owned · 13.3% no carHeaton Mersey, Stockport7,905 residents · 79.6% owned · 13.8% no car

Most similar within Trafford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Timperley, Trafford8,694 residents · 79.5% owned · 12.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sale East

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

Tenure

Owned78.9%
2,658 households
Private rented15.1%
509 households
Social rented5.8%
195 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.4%
1,629 households
Detached17.5%
591 households
Terraced15.9%
537 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.2%
479 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
76 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
49 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.6%
1,536 households
2 cars or vans in household32.5%
1,093 households
No cars or vans in household14.5%
487 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
251 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47%
1,583 households
4 or more bedrooms25.2%
850 households
2 bedrooms19.8%
668 households
1 bedroom7.9%
267 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67%
2,255 households
One-person household29.3%
987 households
Other household types3.7%
126 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.3%
1,088 households
1 person in household29.3%
987 households
4 people in household17.1%
577 households
3 people in household16.5%
554 households
5 people in household3.6%
121 households
6 people in household1%
32 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,568 residents
15–2912.3%
984 residents
30–4422%
1,762 residents
45–6426.4%
2,122 residents
65 and over19.8%
1,588 residents
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.8%
6,969 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7%
558 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
232 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
138 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
129 residents
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.5%
3,216 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.2%
901 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.8%
688 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
459 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
4,017 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.6%
2,269 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.8%
1,708 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,497 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.9%
376 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
307 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.8%
4,476 residents
Good health30.2%
2,423 residents
Fair health10.6%
853 residents
Bad health2.7%
213 residents
Very bad health0.7%
59 residents
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
6,904 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,120 residents
Sale East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.3%
2,030 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.1%
981 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.6%
290 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
63 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sale 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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