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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001291

Beech Hill

Beech Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,815 residents in Wigan. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wigan
7,815

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,330

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,167.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.5%

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.

Keighley Exley Head, Bradford7,479 residents · 65.8% owned · 26.5% no carBalby South, Doncaster8,693 residents · 58.1% owned · 30.3% no carRawmarsh North East, Rotherham5,571 residents · 62.9% owned · 23.8% no carNorton, Stoke-on-Trent8,311 residents · 59.6% owned · 23.3% no carSwinton Worsley Road, Salford9,894 residents · 58.8% owned · 26.8% no carWombwell South, Barnsley9,590 residents · 61.7% owned · 21.7% no car

Most similar within Wigan

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ashton-in-Makerfield North, Wigan7,830 residents · 66.6% owned · 21.5% no carHindley East, Wigan7,986 residents · 59.4% owned · 25.4% no carPemberton North, Wigan6,605 residents · 59.7% owned · 25.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Beech Hill

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

Tenure

Owned58.4%
1,946 households
Social rented25%
832 households
Private rented15.7%
522 households
Lives rent free0.8%
25 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached57.5%
1,914 households
Terraced26.6%
887 households
Detached11.7%
389 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.4%
114 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.7%
1,523 households
No cars or vans in household23.9%
797 households
2 cars or vans in household23.6%
785 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
225 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.9%
2,028 households
2 bedrooms25.7%
857 households
4 or more bedrooms7.7%
255 households
1 bedroom5.7%
191 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.9%
2,261 households
One-person household28.7%
956 households
Other household types3.4%
112 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%
1,163 households
1 person in household28.7%
956 households
3 people in household17.6%
586 households
4 people in household13.3%
443 households
5 people in household3.7%
123 households
6 people in household1.2%
41 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,407 residents
15–2917.3%
1,355 residents
30–4419.7%
1,537 residents
45–6426.6%
2,075 residents
65 and over18.4%
1,441 residents
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
7,394 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
148 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
107 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
62 residents
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.9%
1,447 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.5%
1,425 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
1,005 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
716 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.3%
525 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.9%
3,664 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,559 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.3%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.2%
897 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
788 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.2%
645 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
361 residents aged 16 and over
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.4%
3,466 residents
Good health33.8%
2,638 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,179 residents
Bad health5.4%
423 residents
Very bad health1.4%
109 residents
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.3%
6,121 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.7%
1,694 residents
Beech Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.6%
1,420 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,133 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19%
633 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
137 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Beech 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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