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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002828

Rushey Mead North

Rushey Mead North is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,228 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
8,228

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,046

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,230.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.5%

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.

Bolton Road & Kings Road, Bradford7,693 residents · 72.4% owned · 19.8% no carLewsey South, Luton8,806 residents · 67.5% owned · 19.5% no carUpper Batley & Soothill, Kirklees6,912 residents · 65.8% owned · 19.9% no carLimbury, Luton12,974 residents · 62.9% owned · 18.7% no carGoldthorn Park, Wolverhampton8,141 residents · 77.3% owned · 14.8% no carScholemoor, Bradford13,334 residents · 64.1% owned · 24.5% no car

Most similar within Leicester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Humberstone & Hamilton South, Leicester8,472 residents · 60.4% owned · 17.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rushey Mead North

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

Tenure

Owned72.7%
2,213 households
Private rented21.9%
667 households
Social rented4.8%
145 households
Shared ownership0.7%
21 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached62.1%
1,888 households
Detached19.8%
602 households
Terraced12.6%
383 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.6%
139 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
7 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.9%
1,395 households
2 cars or vans in household29.8%
908 households
No cars or vans in household14.6%
444 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.7%
295 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.5%
1,386 households
2 bedrooms27.1%
826 households
4 or more bedrooms20.4%
622 households
1 bedroom6.9%
209 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.5%
1,962 households
One-person household24.3%
740 households
Other household types11.2%
340 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.1%
884 households
1 person in household24.3%
740 households
3 people in household18%
549 households
4 people in household16.7%
508 households
5 people in household7%
214 households
6 people in household3.5%
105 households
7 people in household1.1%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,334 residents
15–2917%
1,396 residents
30–4421.5%
1,765 residents
45–6426.1%
2,146 residents
65 and over19.3%
1,587 residents
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh63%
5,184 residents
White26.8%
2,202 residents
Other ethnic group4.5%
373 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.4%
283 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
187 residents
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.5%
1,931 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications27.5%
1,867 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.5%
917 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.9%
808 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.9%
3,923 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.1%
2,720 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.7%
1,333 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
945 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
879 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.5%
781 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
475 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46%
3,788 residents
Good health34.7%
2,852 residents
Fair health14%
1,154 residents
Bad health3.9%
321 residents
Very bad health1.4%
112 residents
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
6,931 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
1,297 residents
Rushey Mead North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42%
1,279 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,119 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.7%
509 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.3%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Rushey Mead North · 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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