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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002622

Shadsworth & Intack

Shadsworth & Intack is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,082 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
11,082

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,981

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,309.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.7%

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.

Hathershaw, Oldham9,165 residents · 39.8% owned · 38.4% no carLaisterdyke & Bowling, Bradford7,646 residents · 39.2% owned · 42.0% no carHurstead & Smallbridge, Rochdale8,403 residents · 42.4% owned · 35.6% no carLeamore, Walsall6,863 residents · 45.3% owned · 29.2% no carEastwood & East Dene, Rotherham8,252 residents · 45.3% owned · 35.4% no carWalsall Ryecroft, Walsall9,792 residents · 43.2% owned · 31.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shadsworth & Intack

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

Tenure

Social rented42.3%
1,683 households
Owned37.7%
1,499 households
Private rented19.8%
787 households
Shared ownership0.2%
9 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.2%
1,640 households
Semi-detached39.2%
1,561 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.4%
416 households
Detached6%
239 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
83 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.1%
1,635 households
No cars or vans in household40.3%
1,605 households
2 cars or vans in household15.1%
601 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
140 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.5%
2,053 households
2 bedrooms33.2%
1,323 households
1 bedroom8.7%
345 households
4 or more bedrooms6.6%
263 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.4%
2,522 households
One-person household29.1%
1,158 households
Other household types7.6%
301 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.1%
1,158 households
2 people in household24.4%
970 households
3 people in household17.6%
702 households
4 people in household13.6%
543 households
5 people in household9.2%
366 households
6 people in household3.9%
154 households
7 people in household1.5%
58 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
32 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526%
2,878 residents
15–2921.8%
2,419 residents
30–4420.8%
2,308 residents
45–6421.1%
2,337 residents
65 and over10.3%
1,142 residents
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White60.9%
6,744 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh33.9%
3,759 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
268 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
167 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
143 residents
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.6%
2,437 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.7%
1,488 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,200 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
478 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
313 residents aged 16 and over
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.5%
4,023 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.1%
3,751 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
185 residents aged 16 and over
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.4%
1,783 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.6%
1,397 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,199 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.8%
856 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.3%
741 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.1%
249 residents aged 16 and over
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
5,031 residents
Good health31.6%
3,502 residents
Fair health14.9%
1,648 residents
Bad health6.1%
672 residents
Very bad health2.1%
228 residents
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.2%
8,780 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.8%
2,302 residents
Shadsworth & Intack · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,425 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension30.1%
1,199 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.6%
941 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.8%
392 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
24 households
Shadsworth & Intack · 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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