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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001621

Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park

Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,056 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
6,056

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,513

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,075.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.0%

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.

Mount Pleasant & Deckham East, Gateshead6,313 residents · 35.4% owned · 43.8% no carLime Side & Garden Suburb, Oldham7,755 residents · 44.6% owned · 34.0% no carSmallshaw, Tameside7,944 residents · 47.3% owned · 36.8% no carAlt, Oldham7,059 residents · 47.5% owned · 33.0% no carBulwell North, Nottingham7,522 residents · 39.1% owned · 43.7% no carMeir North, Stoke-on-Trent6,775 residents · 45.5% owned · 31.2% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Shiregreen South, Sheffield6,996 residents · 41.8% owned · 34.7% no carSouthey Green West, Sheffield9,032 residents · 46.5% owned · 36.6% no carParson Cross, Sheffield10,170 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.4% no carWoodthorpe, Sheffield10,975 residents · 32.1% owned · 39.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park

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

Tenure

Owned45.2%
1,137 households
Social rented42.4%
1,066 households
Private rented11.7%
295 households
Shared ownership0.6%
15 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached59.1%
1,483 households
Terraced24.3%
609 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.6%
267 households
Detached4.3%
107 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%
1,078 households
No cars or vans in household34.9%
875 households
2 cars or vans in household18.3%
459 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
98 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.1%
1,032 households
3 bedrooms40.7%
1,022 households
1 bedroom10.5%
264 households
4 or more bedrooms7.6%
192 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64%
1,604 households
One-person household31.2%
782 households
Other household types4.9%
122 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.2%
782 households
2 people in household30.8%
772 households
3 people in household18%
451 households
4 people in household12.2%
306 households
5 people in household4.9%
122 households
6 people in household2%
49 households
7 people in household0.6%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.1%
1,397 residents
15–2919.3%
1,169 residents
30–4421.1%
1,278 residents
45–6423.2%
1,405 residents
65 and over13.3%
806 residents
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77.1%
4,666 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.6%
518 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.1%
371 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
275 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
222 residents
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.7%
1,358 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20%
915 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
691 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.7%
627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
615 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54%
2,470 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.9%
2,007 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
94 residents aged 16 and over
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.8%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.3%
790 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.8%
679 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
616 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.8%
356 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.4%
291 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.7%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.5%
2,576 residents
Good health33.1%
2,005 residents
Fair health16.1%
973 residents
Bad health6.3%
384 residents
Very bad health1.9%
118 residents
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.1%
4,610 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.9%
1,446 residents
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
870 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.5%
842 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.3%
559 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.1%
228 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Sheffield Lane Top & Longley Park · 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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