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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001559

Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,548 residents in Doncaster. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Doncaster
7,548

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,236

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

863.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.9%

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.

Euxton, Chorley8,715 residents · 84.7% owned · 9.2% no carShevington, Wigan10,174 residents · 84.4% owned · 11.8% no carBorrowash & Ockbrook, Erewash7,167 residents · 77.2% owned · 14.2% no carWoolston, Warrington6,937 residents · 87.2% owned · 10.0% no carUnsworth, Bury7,218 residents · 85.2% owned · 12.1% no carBeardwood, Pleasington & Livesey, Blackburn with Darwen8,739 residents · 86.7% owned · 10.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sprotbrough

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

Tenure

Owned83.2%
2,692 households
Private rented14.8%
480 households
Social rented1.8%
59 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.3%
1,758 households
Detached40.9%
1,325 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.4%
77 households
Terraced1.9%
62 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
1,271 households
2 cars or vans in household35.2%
1,138 households
No cars or vans in household12.8%
414 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.8%
413 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.1%
1,719 households
4 or more bedrooms27.6%
894 households
2 bedrooms18%
581 households
1 bedroom1.3%
42 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.7%
2,287 households
One-person household26.4%
854 households
Other household types2.9%
95 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40%
1,292 households
1 person in household26.4%
854 households
3 people in household16.1%
520 households
4 people in household14%
454 households
5 people in household2.7%
87 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,157 residents
15–2914.5%
1,096 residents
30–4417.6%
1,331 residents
45–6428.7%
2,166 residents
65 and over23.8%
1,799 residents
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
7,308 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
105 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
95 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
26 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
16 residents
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.9%
2,076 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.8%
998 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
879 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
617 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
3,665 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
2,562 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.5%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.4%
844 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.4%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
425 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
293 residents aged 16 and over
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
3,745 residents
Good health33.8%
2,550 residents
Fair health12.1%
913 residents
Bad health3.7%
278 residents
Very bad health0.8%
62 residents
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
6,250 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,298 residents
Sprotbrough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.3%
1,788 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,075 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
325 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
47 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Sprotbrough · 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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