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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002831

Rushey Mead South

Rushey Mead South is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,238 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
7,238

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,385

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,788.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.2%

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.

Scholemoor, Bradford13,334 residents · 64.1% owned · 24.5% no carDewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no carThe Delves, Walsall6,425 residents · 62.0% owned · 21.0% no carBatley Carr & Mount Pleasant, Kirklees7,176 residents · 62.8% owned · 26.0% no carHayes End, Hillingdon10,470 residents · 46.2% owned · 23.9% no carAcocks Green West, Birmingham9,897 residents · 54.6% owned · 29.7% no car

Most similar within Leicester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Colchester Road, Leicester8,516 residents · 61.2% owned · 21.7% no carRushey Mead North, Leicester8,228 residents · 72.7% owned · 14.6% no carNorth Evington & Rowlatts Hill, Leicester11,176 residents · 46.4% owned · 33.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rushey Mead South

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

Tenure

Owned65.9%
1,571 households
Private rented26.5%
632 households
Social rented7.3%
174 households
Lives rent free0.3%
6 households
Shared ownership0.1%
2 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.5%
1,302 households
Terraced21.6%
515 households
Detached14.7%
352 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.6%
181 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,044 households
2 cars or vans in household24.1%
575 households
No cars or vans in household21.2%
507 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11%
264 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.3%
1,274 households
2 bedrooms19.5%
467 households
4 or more bedrooms18.5%
441 households
1 bedroom8.7%
207 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.6%
1,566 households
One-person household20.2%
482 households
Other household types14.3%
341 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.8%
616 households
1 person in household20.2%
482 households
3 people in household18.4%
440 households
4 people in household17.9%
428 households
5 people in household11%
263 households
6 people in household3.5%
84 households
7 people in household2%
47 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
29 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,322 residents
15–2918.4%
1,330 residents
30–4420.4%
1,478 residents
45–6426.1%
1,892 residents
65 and over16.8%
1,216 residents
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh74%
5,356 residents
White17%
1,228 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
412 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
135 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
105 residents
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.6%
1,834 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.2%
1,350 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.7%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.9%
689 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.2%
650 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.8%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
212 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.6%
3,116 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44%
2,556 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations23.8%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16%
929 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.4%
777 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.1%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.1%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.4%
3,217 residents
Good health35.7%
2,587 residents
Fair health13.7%
991 residents
Bad health4.5%
325 residents
Very bad health1.6%
118 residents
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
6,083 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,155 residents
Rushey Mead South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.8%
902 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35%
835 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
474 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.4%
153 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
25 households
Rushey Mead South · 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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