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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002824

Sinfin

Sinfin is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,803 residents in Derby. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Derby
10,803

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,984

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,000.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.0%

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.

Wednesbury South, Sandwell11,126 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.0% no carWillenhall Park, Walsall9,235 residents · 50.6% owned · 27.4% no carStone Cross & Hateley Heath, Sandwell11,365 residents · 48.1% owned · 29.4% no carBakersfield, Nottingham8,459 residents · 68.1% owned · 27.0% no carBilston North West, Wolverhampton6,313 residents · 60.0% owned · 26.4% no carBirches Green & Bromford East, Birmingham13,692 residents · 52.3% owned · 31.2% no car

Most similar within Derby

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Allenton & Osmaston, Derby12,441 residents · 37.4% owned · 36.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sinfin

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

Tenure

Owned53.1%
2,115 households
Social rented31.1%
1,240 households
Private rented15%
597 households
Shared ownership0.5%
19 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44.2%
1,762 households
Terraced26%
1,038 households
Detached18.5%
739 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
410 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,777 households
No cars or vans in household25.7%
1,025 households
2 cars or vans in household23.3%
927 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.4%
255 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms56.2%
2,240 households
2 bedrooms21.6%
859 households
1 bedroom11.5%
457 households
4 or more bedrooms10.7%
428 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%
2,622 households
One-person household26.3%
1,048 households
Other household types8%
317 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.6%
1,139 households
1 person in household26.3%
1,048 households
3 people in household18.2%
724 households
4 people in household14.3%
571 households
5 people in household7.5%
298 households
6 people in household2.6%
105 households
8 or more people in household1.6%
65 households
7 people in household0.9%
34 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.3%
2,404 residents
15–2918.4%
1,991 residents
30–4422%
2,379 residents
45–6422.8%
2,466 residents
65 and over14.5%
1,564 residents
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White58.5%
6,325 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.9%
2,578 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.2%
778 residents
Other ethnic group5.8%
629 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
495 residents
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.2%
1,993 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22%
1,818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,274 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.2%
1,172 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.6%
1,119 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
490 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.7%
384 residents aged 16 and over
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
4,662 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.4%
3,412 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.8%
1,718 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.6%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
1,115 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.5%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.6%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
480 residents aged 16 and over
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,852 residents
Good health34.6%
3,736 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,539 residents
Bad health4.8%
520 residents
Very bad health1.4%
156 residents
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
8,780 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
2,025 residents
Sinfin · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.2%
1,521 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,442 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.2%
763 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.1%
244 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
Sinfin · 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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