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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002625

Queen's Park & Higher Croft

Queen's Park & Higher Croft is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,069 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
10,069

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,957

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,020.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.1%

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.

Brookfield & Holme Slack, Preston10,544 residents · 59.1% owned · 28.6% no carNorth Middleton & Stakehill, Rochdale9,776 residents · 57.0% owned · 28.3% no carHeywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill, Rochdale8,981 residents · 55.1% owned · 28.0% no carDuffryn & Maesglas, Newport8,574 residents · 46.9% owned · 26.6% no carAlverthorpe & Flanshaw, Wakefield10,050 residents · 59.4% owned · 25.0% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Queen's Park & Higher Croft

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

Tenure

Owned51.5%
2,038 households
Social rented31.6%
1,252 households
Private rented16.2%
643 households
Shared ownership0.6%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41%
1,621 households
Terraced34.7%
1,374 households
Detached15.7%
622 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.2%
284 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,662 households
No cars or vans in household28.8%
1,141 households
2 cars or vans in household22.3%
883 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
270 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.9%
1,934 households
2 bedrooms26.6%
1,051 households
4 or more bedrooms15.3%
605 households
1 bedroom9.3%
366 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.7%
2,523 households
One-person household29.3%
1,159 households
Other household types7%
276 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.3%
1,159 households
2 people in household28.6%
1,133 households
3 people in household17.6%
697 households
4 people in household14.2%
562 households
5 people in household6.3%
250 households
6 people in household2.5%
99 households
7 people in household1%
41 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.4%
2,250 residents
15–2919.3%
1,940 residents
30–4419.9%
2,004 residents
45–6426.1%
2,626 residents
65 and over12.4%
1,245 residents
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.4%
7,997 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.5%
1,664 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
187 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
144 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
75 residents
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.1%
2,006 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.7%
1,818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
440 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.7%
4,501 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.2%
3,008 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,337 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
1,223 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.5%
1,034 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.5%
956 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
933 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.9%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
495 residents aged 16 and over
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
4,794 residents
Good health31.1%
3,132 residents
Fair health14%
1,407 residents
Bad health5.4%
544 residents
Very bad health1.9%
188 residents
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.1%
7,962 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.9%
2,106 residents
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.3%
1,634 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
1,281 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
784 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
242 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
Queen's Park & Higher Croft · 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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