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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002871

Highbury Vale

Highbury Vale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,981 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
7,981

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,516

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,589.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.4%

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.

Eccleshill, Bradford8,133 residents · 57.2% owned · 29.8% no carDaybrook, Gedling6,679 residents · 58.2% owned · 31.2% no carBrightside & Wincobank, Sheffield9,334 residents · 62.3% owned · 30.2% no carBlackheath, Sandwell8,736 residents · 58.3% owned · 27.1% no carSwinton Newtown, Salford5,820 residents · 59.2% owned · 30.0% no carMoldgreen & Ravensknowle Park, Kirklees5,773 residents · 58.2% owned · 31.9% no car

Most similar within Nottingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Old Basford, Nottingham7,932 residents · 56.1% owned · 30.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Highbury Vale

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

Tenure

Owned62.5%
2,198 households
Private rented21.4%
753 households
Social rented15.6%
550 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.9%
1,368 households
Terraced30.3%
1,066 households
Detached17.7%
621 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.3%
398 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.3%
1,628 households
No cars or vans in household33.2%
1,166 households
2 cars or vans in household16.8%
591 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
131 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.4%
1,738 households
2 bedrooms33.7%
1,185 households
1 bedroom9.1%
321 households
4 or more bedrooms7.7%
272 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.8%
2,174 households
One-person household32.8%
1,153 households
Other household types5.3%
188 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
1,247 households
1 person in household32.8%
1,153 households
3 people in household15.3%
540 households
4 people in household11.1%
389 households
5 people in household3.5%
122 households
6 people in household1.3%
47 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,462 residents
15–2917.7%
1,412 residents
30–4418.9%
1,508 residents
45–6426.3%
2,100 residents
65 and over18.7%
1,495 residents
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.5%
6,579 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.6%
603 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
398 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4%
322 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
71 residents
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.6%
1,640 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.4%
1,370 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,120 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
948 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
747 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
408 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
3,690 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
2,614 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.8%
1,204 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.3%
1,048 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
951 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
841 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.6%
681 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.8%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.5%
3,311 residents
Good health35.9%
2,863 residents
Fair health15.6%
1,245 residents
Bad health5.4%
431 residents
Very bad health1.6%
130 residents
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
6,280 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
1,701 residents
Highbury Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.5%
1,426 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,269 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18%
632 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
181 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Highbury Vale · 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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