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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002249

Ovenden East

Ovenden East is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,612 residents in Calderdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Calderdale
5,612

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,403

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,579

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

39.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.0%

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.

East Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen5,971 residents · 53.3% owned · 32.7% no carSmallshaw, Tameside7,944 residents · 47.3% owned · 36.8% no carBuckland & St Radigunds, Dover13,604 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.2% no carHeywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no carBotcherby & Harraby, Carlisle9,528 residents · 49.7% owned · 32.9% no carSwarcliffe, Leeds7,267 residents · 45.8% owned · 36.1% no car

Most similar within Calderdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mixenden, Calderdale5,398 residents · 45.9% owned · 35.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ovenden East

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

Tenure

Owned45.9%
1,103 households
Social rented30.2%
725 households
Private rented23.6%
566 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced56.5%
1,360 households
Semi-detached25.9%
622 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%
195 households
Detached8%
192 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%
986 households
No cars or vans in household39.3%
945 households
2 cars or vans in household16.1%
387 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
85 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms41.8%
1,005 households
3 bedrooms41.8%
1,005 households
1 bedroom9.4%
227 households
4 or more bedrooms7%
169 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
1,540 households
One-person household32.1%
772 households
Other household types3.8%
91 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
788 households
1 person in household32.1%
772 households
3 people in household17.8%
428 households
4 people in household10.7%
258 households
5 people in household4.3%
104 households
6 people in household1.4%
34 households
7 people in household0.5%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.2%
1,302 residents
15–2918.9%
1,062 residents
30–4419.6%
1,101 residents
45–6424.5%
1,374 residents
65 and over13.7%
771 residents
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.4%
5,245 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
151 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
127 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
61 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
29 residents
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.9%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
726 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17%
722 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.5%
700 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
507 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
289 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
2,416 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
1,748 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
71 residents aged 16 and over
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.6%
957 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.1%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.5%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
323 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
257 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
244 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.2%
219 residents aged 16 and over
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
2,434 residents
Good health33.7%
1,889 residents
Fair health15.6%
873 residents
Bad health5.8%
328 residents
Very bad health1.6%
87 residents
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.5%
4,404 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.5%
1,208 residents
Ovenden East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.7%
906 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
806 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
525 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
155 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
11 households
Ovenden East · 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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