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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001627

Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge

Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,016 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
6,016

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,871

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,853.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.0%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge

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

Tenure

Owned55.6%
1,597 households
Private rented31.9%
917 households
Social rented12.2%
351 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced55.9%
1,604 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.4%
614 households
Semi-detached12.5%
358 households
Detached4.1%
117 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.8%
79 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
59 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
39 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%
1,306 households
No cars or vans in household36.6%
1,051 households
2 cars or vans in household14.9%
427 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
89 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.5%
1,563 households
2 bedrooms27.8%
797 households
1 bedroom10.9%
313 households
4 or more bedrooms6.8%
196 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.4%
1,619 households
One-person household38.5%
1,107 households
Other household types5.1%
146 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.6%
1,107 households
2 people in household33.1%
951 households
3 people in household15%
430 households
4 people in household9%
257 households
5 people in household3.1%
89 households
6 people in household1%
28 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
941 residents
15–2920.8%
1,249 residents
30–4423.9%
1,438 residents
45–6425.7%
1,543 residents
65 and over14%
844 residents
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.8%
5,227 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.6%
277 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.3%
197 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
193 residents
Other ethnic group2.1%
126 residents
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33%
1,654 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.7%
888 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
826 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
708 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
538 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.8%
3,353 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.2%
1,568 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.2%
816 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
654 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
623 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.7%
537 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
385 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
374 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.5%
2,616 residents
Good health36.9%
2,217 residents
Fair health14.3%
862 residents
Bad health4.2%
251 residents
Very bad health1.2%
70 residents
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
4,828 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,188 residents
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.3%
1,386 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
999 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
399 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
83 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge · 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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