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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002624

Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey

Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,739 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
8,739

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,591

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

614.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.5%

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.

Unsworth, Bury7,218 residents · 85.2% owned · 12.1% no carLittleborough South & Smithy Bridge, Rochdale6,325 residents · 80.6% owned · 13.1% no carOver Hulton, Bolton6,106 residents · 81.2% owned · 11.4% no carUpper Stannington & Loxley, Sheffield7,618 residents · 82.5% owned · 15.2% no carSprotbrough, Doncaster7,548 residents · 83.2% owned · 12.8% no carEuxton, Chorley8,715 residents · 84.7% owned · 9.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey

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

Tenure

Owned86.7%
3,115 households
Private rented9.4%
339 households
Social rented3.7%
133 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.5%
1,848 households
Detached30.9%
1,109 households
Terraced10.5%
376 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6%
215 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
26 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,515 households
2 cars or vans in household35.1%
1,261 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
423 households
No cars or vans in household10.9%
391 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47%
1,686 households
4 or more bedrooms28.5%
1,022 households
2 bedrooms20.5%
735 households
1 bedroom4.1%
147 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.2%
2,482 households
One-person household26.2%
942 households
Other household types4.6%
165 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.6%
1,350 households
1 person in household26.3%
942 households
3 people in household15.7%
563 households
4 people in household13.3%
478 households
5 people in household4.8%
173 households
6 people in household1.6%
57 households
7 people in household0.5%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,372 residents
15–2915.2%
1,328 residents
30–4416.3%
1,428 residents
45–6428.1%
2,455 residents
65 and over24.7%
2,154 residents
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.6%
7,397 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.2%
1,150 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
107 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
54 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
31 residents
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.5%
2,651 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,273 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
1,107 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
923 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
640 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
507 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.3%
4,164 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41%
2,980 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
1,822 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,012 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
772 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.8%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
437 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
4,332 residents
Good health33.2%
2,900 residents
Fair health12.5%
1,088 residents
Bad health3.6%
314 residents
Very bad health1.2%
104 residents
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
7,309 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,431 residents
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.8%
2,004 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,148 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
383 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Beardwood, Pleasington & Livesey · 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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