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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002471

Ackworth & Darrington

Ackworth & Darrington is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,478 residents in Wakefield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wakefield
11,478

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,004

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

271.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.3%

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.

Rolleston-on-Dove & Tutbury, East Staffordshire10,440 residents · 79.7% owned · 11.2% no carDavenham & Moulton, Cheshire West and Chester6,448 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.3% no carYatton & Cleeve, North Somerset9,845 residents · 79.4% owned · 9.8% no carMiddleton & Hurworth, Darlington9,369 residents · 79.3% owned · 9.6% no carDenby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West, Kirklees10,065 residents · 80.0% owned · 10.0% no carHambleton, Monk Fryston & Byram, Selby7,411 residents · 77.7% owned · 8.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ackworth & Darrington

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

Tenure

Owned78.3%
3,918 households
Private rented11.6%
581 households
Social rented8.9%
443 households
Shared ownership1.2%
60 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.5%
2,126 households
Semi-detached33.7%
1,689 households
Terraced18.5%
927 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.8%
140 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.4%
69 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
32 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
6 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.1%
1,958 households
1 car or van in household38.1%
1,906 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.7%
635 households
No cars or vans in household10.1%
504 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.2%
2,011 households
4 or more bedrooms32.6%
1,632 households
2 bedrooms23.1%
1,157 households
1 bedroom4%
202 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.6%
3,480 households
One-person household26.6%
1,330 households
Other household types3.8%
192 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.7%
2,036 households
1 person in household26.6%
1,330 households
3 people in household16.5%
825 households
4 people in household12.3%
614 households
5 people in household2.8%
142 households
6 people in household0.8%
42 households
7 people in household0.1%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,778 residents
15–2913.8%
1,586 residents
30–4417.6%
2,025 residents
45–6429.4%
3,372 residents
65 and over23.7%
2,714 residents
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
11,145 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
145 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
121 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
36 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
33 residents
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.3%
3,380 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,649 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.7%
1,599 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,276 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
877 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
577 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
5,587 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.1%
3,840 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
2,427 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,466 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
1,188 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.6%
1,109 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%
993 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.7%
5,590 residents
Good health33.9%
3,893 residents
Fair health12.7%
1,452 residents
Bad health3.8%
437 residents
Very bad health0.9%
105 residents
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
9,475 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
2,002 residents
Ackworth & Darrington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.7%
2,738 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
1,565 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.6%
579 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
119 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
2 households
Ackworth & Darrington · 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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