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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002823

Boulton

Boulton is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,678 residents in Derby. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Derby
7,678

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,276

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,952

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.6%

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.

Short Heath East, Walsall5,625 residents · 66.0% owned · 23.1% no carIntake, Sheffield7,424 residents · 66.5% owned · 28.0% no carEcclesfield South, Sheffield7,280 residents · 62.4% owned · 27.3% no carWorksop Kilton, Bassetlaw11,093 residents · 66.1% owned · 20.9% no carTownsend & Eaton Park, Stoke-on-Trent8,647 residents · 64.6% owned · 25.6% no carRichmond & Stradbroke, Sheffield7,674 residents · 54.4% owned · 28.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Boulton

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

Tenure

Owned64.8%
2,122 households
Social rented24.3%
796 households
Private rented10.5%
343 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached52.3%
1,713 households
Terraced24%
785 households
Detached16.2%
532 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.7%
218 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,429 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
834 households
No cars or vans in household24%
787 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.9%
225 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.2%
1,874 households
2 bedrooms26%
853 households
1 bedroom8.8%
287 households
4 or more bedrooms8%
261 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.2%
2,100 households
One-person household30.8%
1,009 households
Other household types5%
163 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.2%
1,088 households
1 person in household30.8%
1,008 households
3 people in household17.3%
566 households
4 people in household12.5%
411 households
5 people in household4.5%
146 households
6 people in household1.2%
39 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,332 residents
15–2917%
1,302 residents
30–4418%
1,379 residents
45–6425.8%
1,978 residents
65 and over22%
1,690 residents
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.9%
6,828 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.3%
331 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
275 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
187 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
62 residents
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.9%
1,559 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.6%
1,292 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
839 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%
740 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship9.4%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.8%
3,364 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.6%
2,789 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.6%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
1,044 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
923 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
797 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.2%
699 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.7%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.8%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
330 residents aged 16 and over
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.7%
3,044 residents
Good health35.7%
2,739 residents
Fair health16.6%
1,277 residents
Bad health6.1%
465 residents
Very bad health2%
152 residents
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.4%
5,865 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.6%
1,812 residents
Boulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.4%
1,322 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,140 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.8%
616 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.6%
184 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Boulton · 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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