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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002427

Rothwell Inner

Rothwell Inner is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,708 residents in Leeds. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leeds
6,708

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,033

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,539.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.2%

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.

Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge, Wakefield9,050 residents · 65.5% owned · 21.5% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carRastrick West, Calderdale7,986 residents · 67.4% owned · 22.1% no carDroylsden East, Tameside7,993 residents · 63.7% owned · 26.6% no carLeigh East & Higher Folds, Wigan9,005 residents · 66.5% owned · 21.9% no carForest Hall & West Moor, North Tyneside6,664 residents · 67.4% owned · 26.7% no car

Most similar within Leeds

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pudsey North East, Leeds7,687 residents · 59.7% owned · 27.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rothwell Inner

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

Tenure

Owned65.6%
1,989 households
Social rented23.5%
712 households
Private rented10.6%
320 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.5%
1,563 households
Detached18.8%
570 households
Terraced16.7%
508 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.7%
354 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.7%
1,295 households
2 cars or vans in household27.1%
822 households
No cars or vans in household24.3%
738 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.9%
178 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.1%
1,489 households
2 bedrooms29.5%
895 households
4 or more bedrooms13.8%
420 households
1 bedroom7.6%
229 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.2%
1,980 households
One-person household31.6%
959 households
Other household types3.2%
97 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.4%
1,105 households
1 person in household31.6%
960 households
3 people in household15.8%
479 households
4 people in household12.8%
388 households
5 people in household2.7%
81 households
6 people in household0.6%
19 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,145 residents
15–2914.1%
945 residents
30–4419.1%
1,281 residents
45–6427.7%
1,860 residents
65 and over22%
1,476 residents
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
6,403 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
133 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
86 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
57 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
31 residents
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.2%
1,439 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.9%
1,204 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
890 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
634 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57%
3,135 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.6%
2,286 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.9%
1,096 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.1%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.9%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
358 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
3,071 residents
Good health33.5%
2,245 residents
Fair health14.5%
972 residents
Bad health5%
333 residents
Very bad health1.3%
87 residents
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
5,385 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,323 residents
Rothwell Inner · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.1%
1,366 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,020 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
523 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
115 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Rothwell Inner · 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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