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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002618

Bastwell

Bastwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,020 residents in Blackburn with Darwen. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Blackburn with Darwen
8,020

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,205

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,365.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.0%

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.

Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees, Kirklees11,136 residents · 65.2% owned · 22.4% no carThornbury, Bradford9,674 residents · 59.0% owned · 28.9% no carCoppice, Oldham8,486 residents · 67.0% owned · 21.3% no carWard End & Bromford West, Birmingham12,993 residents · 60.8% owned · 26.3% no carSpringfield & Hall Green West, Birmingham11,118 residents · 67.1% owned · 24.2% no carPalfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no car

Most similar within Blackburn with Darwen

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Little Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bastwell

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

Tenure

Owned66.2%
1,460 households
Private rented17.4%
383 households
Social rented15.8%
348 households
Shared ownership0.5%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced57.1%
1,259 households
Semi-detached25.9%
571 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.4%
185 households
Detached6.1%
135 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
982 households
No cars or vans in household23.4%
516 households
2 cars or vans in household23.2%
511 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
195 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.1%
950 households
4 or more bedrooms31.8%
701 households
2 bedrooms17.8%
392 households
1 bedroom7.3%
162 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67%
1,481 households
One-person household18.1%
400 households
Other household types14.8%
328 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

4 people in household18.2%
401 households
1 person in household18.1%
400 households
2 people in household16.7%
369 households
5 people in household15.4%
339 households
3 people in household15%
330 households
6 people in household9.5%
210 households
7 people in household3.7%
82 households
8 or more people in household3.4%
74 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.5%
1,961 residents
15–2923.5%
1,885 residents
30–4421.4%
1,715 residents
45–6420.6%
1,648 residents
65 and over10.1%
809 residents
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh88.1%
7,060 residents
White8%
639 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
183 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
106 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
29 residents
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.8%
1,824 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25%
1,478 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
859 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
733 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
677 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.6%
2,876 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.4%
2,860 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed23.6%
1,397 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.8%
755 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.3%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
645 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
171 residents aged 16 and over
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.7%
4,146 residents
Good health31%
2,487 residents
Fair health11.6%
930 residents
Bad health4.1%
329 residents
Very bad health1.6%
128 residents
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.7%
6,872 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.3%
1,148 residents
Bastwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
787 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.4%
759 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.6%
476 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.1%
179 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Bastwell · 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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