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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002248

Wheatley & Ovenden West

Wheatley & Ovenden West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,780 residents in Calderdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Calderdale
7,780

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,345

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,379.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.7%

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.

Efford, Laira & Crabtree, Plymouth9,206 residents · 55.5% owned · 26.5% no carWyke, Bradford9,627 residents · 62.5% owned · 27.4% no carCastleford West, Wakefield9,755 residents · 57.8% owned · 28.2% no carButtershaw, Bradford12,219 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.8% no carLeigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no carRose Hill & Burnley Wood, Burnley10,746 residents · 64.7% owned · 27.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wheatley & Ovenden West

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

Tenure

Owned56.2%
1,879 households
Social rented25%
837 households
Private rented18.6%
621 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.3%
1,684 households
Terraced32%
1,070 households
Detached8.9%
297 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.2%
241 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
16 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,409 households
No cars or vans in household31.6%
1,059 households
2 cars or vans in household20%
668 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.3%
210 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.1%
1,676 households
2 bedrooms26.8%
897 households
1 bedroom11.6%
389 households
4 or more bedrooms11.5%
384 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.5%
2,089 households
One-person household32.2%
1,075 households
Other household types5.4%
179 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32.2%
1,077 households
2 people in household31.4%
1,050 households
3 people in household17.1%
571 households
4 people in household13.4%
447 households
5 people in household4.3%
144 households
6 people in household1.1%
36 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,596 residents
15–2917.4%
1,357 residents
30–4419.6%
1,523 residents
45–6426.5%
2,059 residents
65 and over16%
1,248 residents
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.8%
7,375 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
181 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
130 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
49 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
43 residents
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.5%
1,555 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.7%
1,202 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
711 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
425 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
3,508 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.2%
2,510 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
72 residents aged 16 and over
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.9%
1,214 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
944 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
933 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.6%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
393 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.8%
3,405 residents
Good health33.7%
2,619 residents
Fair health14.9%
1,158 residents
Bad health6%
466 residents
Very bad health1.7%
132 residents
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.3%
6,093 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.7%
1,687 residents
Wheatley & Ovenden West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.6%
1,327 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,138 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.5%
652 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
218 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Wheatley & Ovenden West · 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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