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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001624

Brightside & Wincobank

Brightside & Wincobank is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,334 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
9,334

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,088

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,604.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Highbury Vale, Nottingham7,981 residents · 62.5% owned · 33.2% no carDalton Long Lane, Kirklees5,923 residents · 66.6% owned · 26.9% no carOld Basford, Nottingham7,932 residents · 56.1% owned · 30.7% no carQueslett, Birmingham6,439 residents · 66.4% owned · 25.0% no carEccleshill, Bradford8,133 residents · 57.2% owned · 29.8% no carBlackheath, Sandwell8,736 residents · 58.3% owned · 27.1% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Littledale & Handsworth North, Sheffield10,316 residents · 70.5% owned · 23.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brightside & Wincobank

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

Tenure

Owned62.3%
2,546 households
Private rented19.8%
809 households
Social rented17.3%
706 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached49.4%
2,019 households
Terraced28.3%
1,156 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.9%
566 households
Detached6.4%
260 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
53 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,837 households
No cars or vans in household30.2%
1,234 households
2 cars or vans in household19.6%
801 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.3%
216 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.8%
2,282 households
2 bedrooms27.7%
1,131 households
1 bedroom9.3%
379 households
4 or more bedrooms7.2%
295 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
2,492 households
One-person household33.7%
1,379 households
Other household types5.3%
215 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
1,433 households
1 person in household33.8%
1,380 households
3 people in household14.1%
578 households
4 people in household9.8%
399 households
5 people in household4.3%
176 households
6 people in household1.8%
73 households
7 people in household0.6%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,622 residents
15–2919.2%
1,796 residents
30–4420.9%
1,946 residents
45–6425.4%
2,371 residents
65 and over17.1%
1,596 residents
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.7%
6,697 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.7%
1,188 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7%
655 residents
Other ethnic group4.6%
427 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
367 residents
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25%
1,902 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
1,760 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,224 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
991 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
948 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
556 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
4,337 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
3,147 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.6%
1,260 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,194 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.4%
947 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
916 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
482 residents aged 16 and over
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.7%
3,895 residents
Good health36.3%
3,384 residents
Fair health15.2%
1,416 residents
Bad health5%
470 residents
Very bad health1.8%
169 residents
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.4%
7,413 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.6%
1,922 residents
Brightside & Wincobank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.2%
1,724 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,476 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
678 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
201 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Brightside & Wincobank · 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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