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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001422

Derbyshire Hill

Derbyshire Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,710 residents in St. Helens. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for St. Helens
6,710

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,794

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,754.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.0%

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.

Bettws, Newport8,295 residents · 47.7% owned · 34.5% no carKendray, Barnsley6,231 residents · 44.5% owned · 35.7% no carThurnscoe, Barnsley9,517 residents · 51.3% owned · 28.3% no carRoseworth, Stockton-on-Tees8,024 residents · 50.8% owned · 31.2% no carRhyl South West, Denbighshire5,566 residents · 44.4% owned · 35.9% no carRift House & Summerhill, Hartlepool6,473 residents · 53.8% owned · 34.2% no car

Most similar within St. Helens

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Broad Oak, St. Helens6,429 residents · 43.8% owned · 33.6% no carThatto Heath, St. Helens7,477 residents · 48.2% owned · 33.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Derbyshire Hill

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

Tenure

Owned44.2%
1,236 households
Social rented36.2%
1,012 households
Private rented18.7%
522 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0.4%
10 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.8%
1,140 households
Terraced37.4%
1,045 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.8%
303 households
Detached9.8%
274 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.7%
1,138 households
No cars or vans in household34.8%
972 households
2 cars or vans in household19.4%
542 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.1%
142 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.2%
1,711 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
656 households
1 bedroom8.2%
229 households
4 or more bedrooms7.1%
199 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.1%
1,735 households
One-person household31.9%
892 households
Other household types6%
167 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.9%
892 households
2 people in household29.1%
813 households
3 people in household19.1%
535 households
4 people in household12.8%
359 households
5 people in household4.9%
138 households
6 people in household1.3%
35 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.4%
1,435 residents
15–2918.1%
1,215 residents
30–4421.2%
1,421 residents
45–6425.7%
1,721 residents
65 and over13.7%
917 residents
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.9%
6,431 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
95 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
87 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
51 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
42 residents
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications32.4%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18%
934 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
804 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
589 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
2,836 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
2,274 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
77 residents aged 16 and over
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.4%
1,214 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.4%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.2%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
260 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.4%
227 residents aged 16 and over
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.2%
2,766 residents
Good health32.1%
2,157 residents
Fair health16.8%
1,129 residents
Bad health7.5%
503 residents
Very bad health2.3%
155 residents
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.2%
4,914 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.8%
1,795 residents
Derbyshire Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
957 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.3%
903 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.4%
655 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.7%
272 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
Derbyshire 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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