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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001310

Platt Bridge & Spring View

Platt Bridge & Spring View is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,227 residents in Wigan. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wigan
9,227

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,916

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,404.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.5%

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.

Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill, Rochdale8,981 residents · 55.1% owned · 28.0% no carSutton Forest Side & New Cross, Ashfield10,279 residents · 54.9% owned · 26.8% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no carCudworth Village, Barnsley6,293 residents · 63.5% owned · 22.4% no carWombwell South, Barnsley9,590 residents · 61.7% owned · 21.7% no carSkelmersdale West, West Lancashire6,413 residents · 57.3% owned · 27.3% no car

Most similar within Wigan

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Leigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no carPemberton North, Wigan6,605 residents · 59.7% owned · 25.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Platt Bridge & Spring View

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

Tenure

Owned55.1%
2,157 households
Private rented23.7%
928 households
Social rented20.7%
812 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.8%
1,598 households
Semi-detached36.3%
1,420 households
Detached14.1%
553 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
304 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.2%
1,692 households
No cars or vans in household25.9%
1,012 households
2 cars or vans in household24.2%
946 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.7%
264 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.6%
1,942 households
2 bedrooms32.9%
1,287 households
4 or more bedrooms11.6%
454 households
1 bedroom5.9%
231 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.9%
2,500 households
One-person household31.1%
1,218 households
Other household types4.9%
193 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.3%
1,224 households
1 person in household31.1%
1,219 households
3 people in household18.4%
722 households
4 people in household13.1%
514 households
5 people in household4.3%
167 households
6 people in household1.4%
53 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,876 residents
15–2918.5%
1,707 residents
30–4421.3%
1,967 residents
45–6424.9%
2,302 residents
65 and over14.9%
1,379 residents
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
8,725 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
171 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
170 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
104 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
52 residents
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.6%
1,857 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.5%
1,418 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.7%
1,211 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
831 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
512 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.7%
4,261 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
2,860 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.7%
1,572 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
1,005 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.6%
916 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
763 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
538 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.5%
402 residents aged 16 and over
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
4,007 residents
Good health34.2%
3,156 residents
Fair health14.9%
1,372 residents
Bad health6.1%
559 residents
Very bad health1.4%
133 residents
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.8%
7,174 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.2%
2,053 residents
Platt Bridge & Spring View · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41%
1,603 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.3%
1,262 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.2%
791 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
241 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
15 households
Platt Bridge & Spring View · 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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