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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002600

Orford

Orford is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,210 residents in Warrington. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Warrington
9,210

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,163

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,998.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.1%

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.

Middleton East, Rochdale10,132 residents · 61.8% owned · 26.1% no carGuide Bridge, Tameside7,419 residents · 58.8% owned · 26.0% no carWood End, Oldham5,678 residents · 59.8% owned · 28.7% no carChorley East, Chorley7,242 residents · 57.4% owned · 27.3% no carFailsworth East, Oldham7,458 residents · 61.4% owned · 29.9% no carLeigh South East, Wigan7,386 residents · 63.3% owned · 23.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Orford

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

Tenure

Owned58.1%
2,419 households
Private rented20.8%
865 households
Social rented20.4%
849 households
Shared ownership0.6%
27 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.6%
2,023 households
Semi-detached34%
1,415 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
464 households
Detached3.5%
147 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%
71 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
1,883 households
No cars or vans in household27.1%
1,130 households
2 cars or vans in household21.9%
913 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
237 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.1%
1,879 households
2 bedrooms37.7%
1,570 households
1 bedroom10.6%
440 households
4 or more bedrooms6.6%
274 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.3%
2,512 households
One-person household34.5%
1,436 households
Other household types5.2%
216 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.5%
1,436 households
2 people in household32.7%
1,362 households
3 people in household18.4%
765 households
4 people in household10.2%
423 households
5 people in household2.9%
120 households
6 people in household0.8%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.2%
1,588 residents
15–2918%
1,655 residents
30–4421.9%
2,016 residents
45–6426.8%
2,467 residents
65 and over16.1%
1,484 residents
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.5%
8,708 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
159 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
152 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
111 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
81 residents
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.8%
1,717 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.1%
1,588 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,327 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,239 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
906 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
525 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.4%
4,780 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35%
2,639 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.7%
1,564 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
1,237 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,117 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
987 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
660 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
4,161 residents
Good health35%
3,220 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,295 residents
Bad health4.4%
403 residents
Very bad health1.4%
131 residents
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.4%
7,312 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.6%
1,898 residents
Orford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.5%
1,768 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,441 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.1%
754 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
189 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Orford · 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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