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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001286

Hale Barns

Hale Barns is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,278 residents in Trafford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Trafford
8,278

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,060

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,171.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

54.1%

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.

Dorridge, Solihull9,846 residents · 85.5% owned · 8.8% no carRadlett, Hertsmere8,185 residents · 76.8% owned · 8.5% no carChalfont Common & St Peter East, Buckinghamshire7,560 residents · 82.6% owned · 8.2% no carGerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire9,261 residents · 77.2% owned · 6.9% no carFarnham Moor Park & Bourne, Waverley6,415 residents · 82.5% owned · 7.7% no carSutton Coldfield North & Park, Birmingham9,686 residents · 82.4% owned · 12.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hale Barns

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

Tenure

Owned83.6%
2,557 households
Private rented9.6%
293 households
Social rented6.6%
202 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached63.9%
1,955 households
Semi-detached21.8%
666 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
238 households
Terraced5.8%
177 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
9 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 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%
2 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42%
1,285 households
1 car or van in household31.9%
975 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.6%
538 households
No cars or vans in household8.5%
261 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms54.8%
1,678 households
3 bedrooms30.6%
935 households
2 bedrooms11.6%
354 households
1 bedroom3%
93 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
2,151 households
One-person household23.9%
730 households
Other household types5.8%
179 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.8%
942 households
1 person in household23.8%
729 households
4 people in household18.1%
553 households
3 people in household15.7%
480 households
5 people in household7.9%
243 households
6 people in household2.4%
73 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.2%
1,675 residents
15–2913.6%
1,127 residents
30–4415.8%
1,307 residents
45–6426.4%
2,187 residents
65 and over23.9%
1,981 residents
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.8%
5,527 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.3%
1,931 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
400 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
291 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
127 residents
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above54.1%
3,499 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.2%
786 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.5%
744 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.9%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.8%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.5%
3,527 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
2,854 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.4%
1,837 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,521 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
651 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.3%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.3%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.4%
217 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.8%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58%
4,802 residents
Good health29.1%
2,408 residents
Fair health9.8%
812 residents
Bad health2.4%
196 residents
Very bad health0.7%
60 residents
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
7,189 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
1,088 residents
Hale Barns · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.6%
1,885 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.2%
894 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
249 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
30 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Hale Barns · 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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