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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001638

Springvale & Steel Bank

Springvale & Steel Bank is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,695 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
5,695

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,148

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

12,361.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.3%

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.

Oldfield Park West, Bath and North East Somerset8,330 residents · 42.6% owned · 33.5% no carWokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carMoorlands & Greaves, Lancaster5,106 residents · 47.1% owned · 35.8% no carEast Central Oxford, Oxford11,137 residents · 32.7% owned · 44.9% no carTang Hall, York10,185 residents · 39.6% owned · 34.6% no carSouthsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Broomhall, Sheffield7,657 residents · 44.5% owned · 31.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Springvale & Steel Bank

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

Tenure

Private rented48.5%
1,042 households
Owned46.4%
997 households
Social rented4.7%
101 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced71.8%
1,543 households
Semi-detached13.2%
284 households
Detached5.3%
115 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
92 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.3%
72 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
966 households
No cars or vans in household25.9%
556 households
2 cars or vans in household21.5%
462 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
164 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.1%
882 households
4 or more bedrooms32.9%
706 households
2 bedrooms20.2%
433 households
1 bedroom5.9%
127 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.4%
955 households
Other household types31.9%
685 households
One-person household23.7%
509 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
690 households
1 person in household23.7%
509 households
3 people in household17.2%
370 households
4 people in household16.3%
350 households
5 people in household7.2%
155 households
6 people in household2.4%
52 households
7 people in household0.6%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.3%
471 residents
15–2954.4%
3,100 residents
30–4417.6%
1,000 residents
45–6411.6%
663 residents
65 and over8.1%
461 residents
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.4%
4,979 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
283 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
230 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
109 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
97 residents
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.3%
2,460 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications37.8%
1,965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.3%
273 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications4.6%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.3%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.7%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1%
54 residents aged 16 and over
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive45%
2,337 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)43%
2,235 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student12%
625 residents aged 16 and over
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students44.1%
2,293 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.2%
893 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.5%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.9%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.6%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.3%
226 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4%
209 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.4%
126 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.9%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56%
3,190 residents
Good health32.2%
1,833 residents
Fair health8.7%
496 residents
Bad health2.4%
139 residents
Very bad health0.6%
37 residents
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
4,814 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
882 residents
Springvale & Steel Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.1%
1,227 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
709 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
186 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
24 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Springvale & Steel Bank · 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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