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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002479

Hemsworth Town

Hemsworth Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,147 residents in Wakefield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wakefield
8,147

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,713

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,116.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.1%

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.

Worsbrough, Barnsley9,434 residents · 57.2% owned · 27.1% no carThornley & Wheatley Hill, County Durham7,186 residents · 60.8% owned · 25.7% no carDarfield & Great Houghton, Barnsley10,691 residents · 61.2% owned · 21.1% no carGrassmoor & Holmewood, North East Derbyshire10,219 residents · 49.7% owned · 24.8% no carClay Cross, North East Derbyshire8,546 residents · 52.7% owned · 27.4% no carThurnscoe, Barnsley9,517 residents · 51.3% owned · 28.3% no car

Most similar within Wakefield

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ryhill & South Hiendley, Wakefield6,297 residents · 63.5% owned · 19.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hemsworth Town

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

Tenure

Owned59.5%
2,211 households
Social rented24.8%
922 households
Private rented14.9%
552 households
Shared ownership0.6%
24 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached49.4%
1,834 households
Detached21.6%
803 households
Terraced20.9%
774 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.9%
256 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,565 households
No cars or vans in household25.8%
958 households
2 cars or vans in household24.2%
899 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
290 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.4%
1,761 households
2 bedrooms35.9%
1,331 households
4 or more bedrooms11.8%
439 households
1 bedroom4.9%
181 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.6%
2,363 households
One-person household32.8%
1,217 households
Other household types3.6%
133 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.1%
1,377 households
1 person in household32.8%
1,217 households
3 people in household15%
555 households
4 people in household10.9%
403 households
5 people in household3.2%
118 households
6 people in household0.8%
31 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,249 residents
15–2915.9%
1,299 residents
30–4417.3%
1,408 residents
45–6428%
2,284 residents
65 and over23.4%
1,906 residents
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.8%
7,969 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
73 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
51 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
36 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
17 residents
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.8%
2,099 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.1%
1,237 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
742 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
431 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.4%
3,573 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46%
3,138 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.1%
1,576 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.9%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
731 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.9%
537 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
428 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.5%
3,139 residents
Good health34%
2,769 residents
Fair health17.8%
1,446 residents
Bad health7.5%
614 residents
Very bad health2.2%
177 residents
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.7%
6,006 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.3%
2,139 residents
Hemsworth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.9%
1,369 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,285 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
810 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
243 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Hemsworth Town · 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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