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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001512

Mapplewell & Staincross

Mapplewell & Staincross is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,538 residents in Barnsley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barnsley
8,538

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,782

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,609.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.5%

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.

Coppull, Chorley8,300 residents · 72.7% owned · 14.6% no carLeigh South, Wigan7,705 residents · 66.9% owned · 20.9% no carAltofts, Wakefield5,927 residents · 75.4% owned · 17.7% no carSouth Normanton Broadmeadows & Pinxton, Bolsover9,154 residents · 73.4% owned · 14.8% no carSpital & Hasland, Chesterfield11,420 residents · 70.8% owned · 20.1% no carBalderton, Newark and Sherwood10,348 residents · 73.9% owned · 16.3% no car

Most similar within Barnsley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wilthorpe & Barugh Green, Barnsley11,663 residents · 76.6% owned · 16.2% no carDarton & Kexborough, Barnsley7,574 residents · 77.5% owned · 14.5% no carDodworth, Barnsley5,976 residents · 70.9% owned · 20.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mapplewell & Staincross

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

Tenure

Owned72.2%
2,731 households
Social rented15.4%
584 households
Private rented12.1%
456 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.3%
1,714 households
Detached30.5%
1,155 households
Terraced16.6%
630 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.4%
243 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
25 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.4%
1,526 households
2 cars or vans in household33.5%
1,266 households
No cars or vans in household17.3%
655 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
333 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.1%
1,705 households
2 bedrooms32.1%
1,214 households
4 or more bedrooms17.5%
663 households
1 bedroom5.2%
197 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.4%
2,548 households
One-person household29.7%
1,125 households
Other household types2.9%
109 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.6%
1,461 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,125 households
3 people in household17%
643 households
4 people in household10.9%
414 households
5 people in household3%
112 households
6 people in household0.4%
15 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,341 residents
15–2915.7%
1,343 residents
30–4419%
1,625 residents
45–6427.7%
2,364 residents
65 and over21.8%
1,864 residents
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
8,270 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
105 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
79 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
44 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
39 residents
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.5%
1,953 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.9%
1,556 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,284 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
947 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
730 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
467 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,160 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
2,830 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,512 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.3%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12%
852 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.8%
839 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.7%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.4%
3,793 residents
Good health34.2%
2,920 residents
Fair health15%
1,277 residents
Bad health5%
430 residents
Very bad health1.4%
120 residents
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.4%
6,780 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.6%
1,759 residents
Mapplewell & Staincross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48%
1,815 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,269 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
552 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.7%
141 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Mapplewell & Staincross · 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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