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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002564

Cockerton & Hopetown

Cockerton & Hopetown is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,733 residents in Darlington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Darlington
9,733

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,352

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,956

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.8%

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.

Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne9,451 residents · 62.4% owned · 29.2% no carDenton East, Tameside5,634 residents · 66.0% owned · 24.8% no carGolborne, Wigan8,267 residents · 60.9% owned · 21.1% no carThornaby Village, Stockton-on-Tees5,798 residents · 63.9% owned · 24.8% no carLower Penwortham South, South Ribble5,657 residents · 58.7% owned · 21.1% no carLeyland South West, South Ribble6,123 residents · 64.1% owned · 22.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cockerton & Hopetown

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

Tenure

Owned59.3%
2,580 households
Social rented27.1%
1,181 households
Private rented12.8%
556 households
Shared ownership0.8%
35 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached55.7%
2,425 households
Terraced21.5%
935 households
Detached11.2%
486 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.6%
461 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,949 households
No cars or vans in household27.3%
1,189 households
2 cars or vans in household22.2%
967 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
247 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.7%
2,293 households
2 bedrooms29.1%
1,266 households
1 bedroom9.5%
414 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
379 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.9%
2,738 households
One-person household33.3%
1,450 households
Other household types3.7%
163 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.3%
1,451 households
1 person in household33.3%
1,450 households
3 people in household17.1%
743 households
4 people in household10.9%
474 households
5 people in household4%
176 households
6 people in household1%
45 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,786 residents
15–2916.6%
1,616 residents
30–4418.5%
1,796 residents
45–6428.3%
2,755 residents
65 and over18.3%
1,780 residents
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.3%
9,374 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
173 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
120 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
44 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
22 residents
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.8%
1,784 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.9%
1,635 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.3%
1,590 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
1,250 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
802 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
563 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
195 residents aged 16 and over
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.7%
4,512 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.3%
3,148 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.6%
1,375 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
1,326 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.6%
1,219 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
1,021 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.8%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
463 residents aged 16 and over
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.2%
4,203 residents
Good health34.6%
3,366 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,470 residents
Bad health5.6%
547 residents
Very bad health1.5%
147 residents
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
7,616 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
2,117 residents
Cockerton & Hopetown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.1%
1,919 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,506 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.8%
730 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
191 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
Cockerton & Hopetown · 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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