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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001639

Crookes

Crookes is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,976 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
5,976

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,719

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,333.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

54.4%

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.

Earlham Road & College Road, Norwich9,184 residents · 54.1% owned · 26.8% no carKings Heath, Birmingham7,703 residents · 67.2% owned · 25.8% no carChester Boughton East, Cheshire West and Chester6,915 residents · 61.5% owned · 22.2% no carCanton, Cardiff10,201 residents · 61.3% owned · 27.4% no carLightoaks, Salford5,722 residents · 69.6% owned · 24.0% no carSherwood Vale, Nottingham7,714 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.5% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Walkley, Sheffield9,025 residents · 66.1% owned · 26.5% no carWoodseats, Sheffield7,769 residents · 70.2% owned · 22.0% no carBrincliffe & Sharrow Vale, Sheffield7,774 residents · 69.4% owned · 18.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Crookes

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

Tenure

Owned62.3%
1,695 households
Private rented29.7%
807 households
Social rented7.6%
207 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced56%
1,522 households
Semi-detached24.4%
665 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.3%
335 households
Detached4.2%
113 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
37 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.6%
1,321 households
No cars or vans in household25.3%
687 households
2 cars or vans in household22.5%
611 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
100 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.5%
1,372 households
2 bedrooms26%
707 households
4 or more bedrooms14.3%
390 households
1 bedroom9.2%
250 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.7%
1,486 households
One-person household33.5%
910 households
Other household types11.8%
321 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36%
979 households
1 person in household33.5%
911 households
3 people in household14.5%
395 households
4 people in household12.1%
328 households
5 people in household3.3%
90 households
6 people in household0.5%
13 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
826 residents
15–2927.9%
1,668 residents
30–4422%
1,315 residents
45–6420.2%
1,207 residents
65 and over16.1%
964 residents
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.7%
5,178 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.4%
385 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
216 residents
Other ethnic group2.2%
130 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
66 residents
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above54.4%
2,775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
912 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.8%
498 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.8%
399 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.4%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.5%
3,037 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.7%
1,873 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.7%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.7%
1,260 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,048 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.3%
780 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.6%
339 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.1%
310 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
241 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.2%
2,998 residents
Good health34.1%
2,039 residents
Fair health11.5%
688 residents
Bad health3.2%
194 residents
Very bad health1%
57 residents
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
4,929 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,047 residents
Crookes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.7%
1,568 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.4%
827 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.9%
270 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
46 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Crookes · 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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