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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002627

Ewood & Fernhurst

Ewood & Fernhurst is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,511 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
7,511

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,934

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,566.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.4%

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.

Westhoughton Daisy Hill, Bolton7,662 residents · 83.0% owned · 10.4% no carPlympton Chaddlewood, Plymouth6,692 residents · 75.3% owned · 9.0% no carWorksop North, Bassetlaw9,682 residents · 78.3% owned · 11.9% no carThatcham North East, West Berkshire6,919 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no carBurgess Hill West, Mid Sussex7,061 residents · 76.0% owned · 8.7% no carMiddlewich East, Cheshire East8,376 residents · 73.6% owned · 10.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ewood & Fernhurst

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

Tenure

Owned83.8%
2,460 households
Private rented14.6%
428 households
Social rented1.3%
39 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.7%
1,281 households
Terraced28%
822 households
Semi-detached27.2%
797 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
13 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,142 households
1 car or van in household37.5%
1,102 households
No cars or vans in household12%
352 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.6%
340 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.5%
1,365 households
4 or more bedrooms29.8%
873 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
659 households
1 bedroom1.3%
37 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.3%
2,181 households
One-person household21.4%
628 households
Other household types4.3%
125 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%
1,024 households
1 person in household21.4%
628 households
3 people in household19.1%
562 households
4 people in household18.1%
532 households
5 people in household4.9%
144 households
6 people in household1.1%
32 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.2%
1,445 residents
15–2917.7%
1,327 residents
30–4419.2%
1,446 residents
45–6431.3%
2,350 residents
65 and over12.6%
944 residents
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.1%
7,068 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.9%
293 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
86 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
43 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.4%
1,928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.7%
1,170 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
918 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
841 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
561 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.7%
4,083 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.1%
1,728 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16%
954 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.8%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
684 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
383 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.3%
4,002 residents
Good health32.3%
2,427 residents
Fair health10.5%
787 residents
Bad health3.1%
233 residents
Very bad health0.8%
62 residents
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
6,403 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,108 residents
Ewood & Fernhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.9%
1,670 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.6%
898 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
305 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
58 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Ewood & Fernhurst · 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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