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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001642

Littledale & Handsworth North

Littledale & Handsworth North is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,316 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
10,316

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,244

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,003.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Shell Corner & Hurst Green, Dudley8,896 residents · 66.8% owned · 19.9% no carWrose & Bolton Woods, Bradford8,842 residents · 69.7% owned · 22.3% no carSheldon South, Birmingham10,413 residents · 70.1% owned · 22.9% no carHarle Syke & Lanehead, Burnley9,113 residents · 74.3% owned · 19.1% no carChadderton South West, Oldham7,918 residents · 70.5% owned · 23.1% no carLow Moor, Bradford7,885 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Littledale & Handsworth North

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

Tenure

Owned70.5%
2,990 households
Private rented18.4%
780 households
Social rented11%
467 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56.7%
2,406 households
Terraced28.9%
1,226 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.5%
362 households
Detached4.8%
205 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
24 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46%
1,953 households
2 cars or vans in household24.6%
1,045 households
No cars or vans in household23.3%
988 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.1%
259 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.6%
2,146 households
2 bedrooms35%
1,487 households
4 or more bedrooms9.4%
400 households
1 bedroom5%
212 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
2,730 households
One-person household30.3%
1,285 households
Other household types5.4%
231 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.5%
1,423 households
1 person in household30.3%
1,285 households
3 people in household15.2%
647 households
4 people in household11.7%
497 households
5 people in household5.8%
248 households
6 people in household2.2%
95 households
7 people in household0.7%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.6%
1,816 residents
15–2920.3%
2,098 residents
30–4420%
2,063 residents
45–6425.2%
2,599 residents
65 and over16.9%
1,739 residents
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.4%
7,370 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.2%
2,081 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
340 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
284 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
242 residents
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.6%
2,062 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24%
2,011 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,464 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
880 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
601 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,917 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
3,304 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16%
1,344 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.1%
1,101 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.9%
914 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
821 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.5%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
544 residents aged 16 and over
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,635 residents
Good health35%
3,614 residents
Fair health13.9%
1,431 residents
Bad health4.7%
482 residents
Very bad health1.5%
153 residents
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
8,499 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,820 residents
Littledale & Handsworth North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.8%
1,945 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,458 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.9%
676 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
160 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
Littledale & Handsworth North · 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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