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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001656

Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale

Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,774 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
7,774

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,086

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,535.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

61.0%

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.

Risinghurst & Sandhills, Oxford8,468 residents · 59.3% owned · 21.6% no carBishopston, Bristol, City of13,214 residents · 66.6% owned · 18.4% no carFar Headingley & Weetwood, Leeds11,848 residents · 62.2% owned · 21.8% no carHorfield, Bristol, City of7,488 residents · 63.6% owned · 16.7% no carBerrylands North, Kingston upon Thames6,793 residents · 64.4% owned · 23.1% no carChorlton South, Manchester7,427 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.1% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Crookes, Sheffield5,976 residents · 62.3% owned · 25.3% no carNether Edge, Sheffield9,869 residents · 62.7% owned · 24.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale

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

Tenure

Owned69.4%
2,142 households
Private rented28.4%
875 households
Social rented1.9%
60 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced38.6%
1,192 households
Semi-detached31.2%
963 households
Detached15.2%
468 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.9%
245 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.8%
116 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
66 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
36 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.2%
1,456 households
2 cars or vans in household27.6%
853 households
No cars or vans in household18%
557 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
220 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.4%
1,338 households
4 or more bedrooms33.7%
1,040 households
2 bedrooms16.5%
509 households
1 bedroom6.4%
199 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59%
1,821 households
One-person household25.8%
795 households
Other household types15.2%
470 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.2%
1,054 households
1 person in household25.8%
795 households
3 people in household16.4%
507 households
4 people in household16.1%
498 households
5 people in household4.8%
149 households
6 people in household1.7%
51 households
7 people in household0.5%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,218 residents
15–2927.6%
2,142 residents
30–4421.2%
1,650 residents
45–6422.2%
1,722 residents
65 and over13.4%
1,042 residents
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80.1%
6,229 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.3%
959 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
291 residents
Other ethnic group2.1%
164 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
129 residents
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above61%
3,943 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.3%
473 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.3%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.5%
161 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
4,013 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.9%
2,124 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5%
321 residents aged 16 and over
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.4%
1,770 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,460 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.2%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
555 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.9%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.8%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
284 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
188 residents aged 16 and over
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56%
4,351 residents
Good health31.9%
2,477 residents
Fair health9.1%
707 residents
Bad health2.6%
201 residents
Very bad health0.5%
38 residents
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
6,605 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
1,169 residents
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.7%
1,874 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
935 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
251 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
25 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Brincliffe & Sharrow Vale · 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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