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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002803

Little Chester

Little Chester is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,244 residents in Derby. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Derby
8,244

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,612

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,269.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

28.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.2%

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.

Chester City & Garden Quarter, Cheshire West and Chester10,245 residents · 40.5% owned · 35.7% no carAspley, Longley & University, Kirklees8,124 residents · 38.6% owned · 40.1% no carCity Centre, Barbican & Sutton Harbour, Plymouth11,316 residents · 20.8% owned · 56.7% no carSunderland Central & Deptford, Sunderland8,544 residents · 30.7% owned · 51.8% no carShelton & Joiner's Square, Stoke-on-Trent10,329 residents · 36.7% owned · 39.4% no carCentral Exeter, Exeter11,622 residents · 26.2% owned · 53.9% no car

Most similar within Derby

The closest matches in the same local authority.

New Zealand, Derby6,401 residents · 30.1% owned · 36.3% no carCathedral Quarter & California, Derby12,267 residents · 21.1% owned · 49.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Chester

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

Tenure

Private rented35.4%
1,277 households
Social rented33.3%
1,202 households
Owned28.4%
1,026 households
Shared ownership2.9%
104 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement45%
1,627 households
Terraced37%
1,338 households
Semi-detached8.9%
322 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.8%
137 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.2%
81 households
Detached1.9%
69 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%
1,551 households
No cars or vans in household42.6%
1,538 households
2 cars or vans in household12.1%
436 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.5%
89 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49.8%
1,799 households
1 bedroom23.9%
863 households
3 bedrooms18.2%
658 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
293 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.9%
1,805 households
Single family household40.8%
1,476 households
Other household types9.2%
334 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.9%
1,805 households
2 people in household31%
1,119 households
3 people in household10.3%
374 households
4 people in household5.1%
183 households
5 people in household1.8%
64 households
8 or more people in household1%
35 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.6%
712 residents
15–2944.8%
3,692 residents
30–4418.1%
1,495 residents
45–6417.3%
1,430 residents
65 and over11.1%
914 residents
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.9%
6,922 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%
481 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.7%
391 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
329 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
124 residents
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications32.9%
2,462 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above32.2%
2,410 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
980 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.7%
727 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.4%
481 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
285 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive44.3%
3,316 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)42.7%
3,200 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student13%
971 residents aged 16 and over
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students34.3%
2,572 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
1,010 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.2%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.5%
640 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.1%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.8%
3,525 residents
Good health37.1%
3,061 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,160 residents
Bad health4.8%
392 residents
Very bad health1.3%
105 residents
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
6,446 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
1,798 residents
Little Chester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.6%
1,610 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.9%
1,116 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17%
613 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.3%
263 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Little Chester · 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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