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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001670

Herdings & Gleadless Valley

Herdings & Gleadless Valley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,015 residents in Sheffield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sheffield
6,015

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,693

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,237.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

45.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.8%

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.

Chelmsley Wood East, Solihull9,583 residents · 42.4% owned · 37.6% no carFordbridge, Solihull6,297 residents · 44.2% owned · 38.4% no carTop Valley East, Nottingham7,632 residents · 44.4% owned · 42.1% no carCastle Vale, Birmingham9,935 residents · 34.9% owned · 38.1% no carChelmsley Wood West, Solihull5,923 residents · 38.1% owned · 40.9% no carBulwell West, Nottingham8,695 residents · 43.8% owned · 40.1% no car

Most similar within Sheffield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Heeley & Newfield Green, Sheffield7,682 residents · 44.0% owned · 41.9% no carBatemoor & Jordanthorpe, Sheffield6,268 residents · 31.7% owned · 46.0% no carGreenhill & Lowedges, Sheffield6,323 residents · 49.0% owned · 36.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Herdings & Gleadless Valley

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

Tenure

Social rented48%
1,293 households
Owned39.8%
1,073 households
Private rented12%
322 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Shared ownership0.1%
2 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced52.4%
1,410 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.8%
829 households
Semi-detached12.8%
345 households
Detached3.5%
95 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household45.3%
1,219 households
1 car or van in household38.7%
1,042 households
2 cars or vans in household13.1%
352 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.9%
79 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.8%
1,557 households
1 bedroom21.7%
584 households
2 bedrooms16.8%
451 households
4 or more bedrooms3.7%
100 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.9%
1,559 households
One-person household38.5%
1,037 households
Other household types3.6%
96 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.4%
1,034 households
2 people in household27.4%
738 households
3 people in household17.3%
465 households
4 people in household10.5%
282 households
5 people in household3.9%
104 households
6 people in household1.9%
50 households
7 people in household0.5%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
1,273 residents
15–2918.8%
1,129 residents
30–4418.9%
1,134 residents
45–6425%
1,506 residents
65 and over16.2%
973 residents
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.6%
4,909 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
468 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.8%
347 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.3%
199 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
96 residents
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.2%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.8%
829 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
669 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.3%
620 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
348 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.8%
2,463 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.8%
2,135 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
63 residents aged 16 and over
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.7%
963 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.2%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.7%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
487 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
316 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
284 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.1%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.7%
2,329 residents
Good health35.5%
2,133 residents
Fair health17.6%
1,056 residents
Bad health6.5%
392 residents
Very bad health1.7%
103 residents
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.5%
4,483 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.5%
1,532 residents
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,005 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.5%
849 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.7%
639 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.1%
192 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Herdings & Gleadless Valley · 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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