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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002855

Rowley Fields & Faircharm

Rowley Fields & Faircharm is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,146 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
8,146

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,021

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,466.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.5%

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.

Whitley & Tollbar End, Coventry9,426 residents · 52.4% owned · 27.4% no carPalmer Park, Reading11,531 residents · 34.4% owned · 38.2% no carHatfield Town, Welwyn Hatfield8,230 residents · 34.0% owned · 28.1% no carAbington, West Northamptonshire7,900 residents · 49.9% owned · 27.0% no carSouthampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading10,708 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.4% no carGrays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road, Thurrock9,304 residents · 56.9% owned · 21.5% no car

Most similar within Leicester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Abbey Park, Leicester11,926 residents · 56.8% owned · 28.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rowley Fields & Faircharm

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

Tenure

Private rented49.8%
1,505 households
Owned44.4%
1,340 households
Social rented4.9%
149 households
Shared ownership0.7%
20 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.7%
1,200 households
Semi-detached27.6%
835 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.8%
476 households
Detached11.1%
334 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
127 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
1,341 households
No cars or vans in household30.4%
917 households
2 cars or vans in household19.2%
579 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
180 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.1%
1,240 households
2 bedrooms34.7%
1,047 households
4 or more bedrooms13.9%
420 households
1 bedroom10.3%
311 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.7%
1,710 households
One-person household26.7%
806 households
Other household types16.6%
500 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.9%
933 households
1 person in household26.7%
806 households
3 people in household17.2%
519 households
4 people in household16.4%
494 households
5 people in household5.5%
165 households
6 people in household1.7%
52 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,364 residents
15–2928.8%
2,344 residents
30–4426%
2,119 residents
45–6419%
1,550 residents
65 and over9.4%
768 residents
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White53.4%
4,349 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh28.1%
2,286 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.5%
695 residents
Other ethnic group6.3%
516 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
300 residents
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.5%
2,324 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
1,446 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.5%
574 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
567 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.9%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
3,990 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.1%
2,298 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.6%
447 residents aged 16 and over
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
1,347 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17.3%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
949 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.8%
591 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
4,183 residents
Good health34.2%
2,782 residents
Fair health10.8%
880 residents
Bad health2.9%
238 residents
Very bad health0.8%
63 residents
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
7,069 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,077 residents
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.8%
1,413 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,055 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.9%
450 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
95 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Rowley Fields & Faircharm · 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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