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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002284

Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton

Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,250 residents in Kirklees. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Kirklees
6,250

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,700

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,160.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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.

Kearsley & Stoneclough, Bolton10,773 residents · 67.7% owned · 19.5% no carOssett North, Wakefield9,081 residents · 69.1% owned · 17.5% no carStopsley North, Luton8,232 residents · 72.4% owned · 16.7% no carHawne, Dudley7,815 residents · 74.4% owned · 17.8% no carSwindon Village & Wyman's Brook, Cheltenham5,561 residents · 70.4% owned · 17.9% no carHinckley Clarendon Park, Hinckley and Bosworth6,229 residents · 64.7% owned · 20.4% no car

Most similar within Kirklees

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Birstall, Kirklees9,671 residents · 62.6% owned · 22.9% no carWilton Park, Carlinghow & Brookroyd, Kirklees7,793 residents · 67.5% owned · 20.1% no carHightown & Hartshead Moor, Kirklees6,722 residents · 62.7% owned · 18.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton

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

Tenure

Owned72.3%
1,953 households
Private rented15.4%
415 households
Social rented11.6%
312 households
Shared ownership0.5%
13 households
Lives rent free0.3%
7 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached52.3%
1,412 households
Terraced21.2%
574 households
Detached14.9%
403 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.5%
285 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,178 households
2 cars or vans in household27.7%
748 households
No cars or vans in household20.1%
542 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.6%
233 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.4%
1,387 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
668 households
4 or more bedrooms14%
378 households
1 bedroom9.9%
268 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
1,765 households
One-person household30.8%
833 households
Other household types3.8%
103 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.7%
910 households
1 person in household30.9%
833 households
3 people in household16.5%
446 households
4 people in household13.3%
359 households
5 people in household4.1%
112 households
6 people in household0.8%
22 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,108 residents
15–2916.4%
1,022 residents
30–4420%
1,247 residents
45–6426.9%
1,679 residents
65 and over19.1%
1,193 residents
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.8%
5,238 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.6%
848 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
92 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
47 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
23 residents
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
1,213 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.1%
1,069 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
956 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
759 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
560 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
381 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.3%
3,005 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.8%
1,966 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.6%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.2%
668 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.9%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.3%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9%
457 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.9%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
339 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.2%
2,886 residents
Good health35.3%
2,206 residents
Fair health13.5%
844 residents
Bad health4.2%
261 residents
Very bad health0.9%
54 residents
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.5%
5,221 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.5%
1,029 residents
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,251 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
957 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
382 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.7%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton · 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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