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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002594

Oakwood & Gorse Covert

Oakwood & Gorse Covert is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,520 residents in Warrington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Warrington
5,520

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,601

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,507.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.9%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oakwood & Gorse Covert

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

Tenure

Owned51.2%
1,332 households
Social rented33.3%
865 households
Private rented14.5%
377 households
Shared ownership0.9%
24 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.4%
998 households
Detached22.3%
580 households
Terraced20.8%
541 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.1%
445 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household48.1%
1,252 households
2 cars or vans in household23.4%
609 households
No cars or vans in household22.5%
584 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
156 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.9%
1,115 households
2 bedrooms28%
727 households
1 bedroom17.3%
450 households
4 or more bedrooms11.9%
309 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59%
1,535 households
One-person household37.2%
967 households
Other household types3.8%
100 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.1%
966 households
2 people in household33.7%
877 households
3 people in household15.4%
400 households
4 people in household9.2%
239 households
5 people in household3%
79 households
6 people in household1.3%
35 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
900 residents
15–2917.5%
967 residents
30–4420.9%
1,154 residents
45–6428.4%
1,566 residents
65 and over16.9%
936 residents
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.5%
5,159 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
145 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
119 residents
Other ethnic group1%
53 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
43 residents
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.9%
1,315 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.8%
766 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.8%
762 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
756 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
543 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.3%
2,789 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.6%
1,665 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
93 residents aged 16 and over
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
862 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.5%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
537 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
251 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.1%
2,490 residents
Good health34%
1,875 residents
Fair health13.7%
756 residents
Bad health5.8%
319 residents
Very bad health1.4%
80 residents
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
4,329 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,191 residents
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,181 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
896 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16%
417 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Oakwood & Gorse Covert · 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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