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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002874

North Sherwood

North Sherwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,058 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
8,058

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,068

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,332.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.7%

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.

Kings Heath Park & Stirchley East, Birmingham7,719 residents · 62.2% owned · 28.7% no carShenley Lane, Birmingham8,080 residents · 57.3% owned · 24.6% no carAylestone South, Leicester8,344 residents · 66.7% owned · 22.7% no carNew Moston, Manchester10,496 residents · 62.1% owned · 25.0% no carCalifornia, Birmingham7,739 residents · 53.0% owned · 29.0% no carPype Hayes Park, Birmingham9,083 residents · 57.1% owned · 26.4% 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 North Sherwood

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

Tenure

Owned63.1%
1,936 households
Social rented21%
645 households
Private rented15.5%
476 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached53.6%
1,644 households
Terraced17.9%
548 households
Detached17.3%
532 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.2%
281 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
42 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,352 households
No cars or vans in household29.9%
919 households
2 cars or vans in household21%
646 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5%
152 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60%
1,840 households
2 bedrooms18.1%
556 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
478 households
1 bedroom6.4%
195 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.7%
1,925 households
One-person household30%
920 households
Other household types7.3%
225 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.4%
965 households
1 person in household30%
920 households
3 people in household17.5%
536 households
4 people in household12.6%
388 households
5 people in household5.4%
166 households
6 people in household2.1%
66 households
7 people in household0.7%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,432 residents
15–2919.9%
1,603 residents
30–4422.7%
1,828 residents
45–6425%
2,015 residents
65 and over14.6%
1,175 residents
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.5%
5,520 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.8%
1,032 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10%
808 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
569 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
132 residents
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.7%
2,259 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.7%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
997 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
869 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
673 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
313 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
182 residents aged 16 and over
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.6%
3,623 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
2,770 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
118 residents aged 16 and over
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.6%
1,341 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.2%
991 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.5%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.1%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
703 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.2%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
337 residents aged 16 and over
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,659 residents
Good health33.3%
2,682 residents
Fair health15.3%
1,236 residents
Bad health4.7%
375 residents
Very bad health1.3%
105 residents
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.8%
6,350 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.2%
1,708 residents
North Sherwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.4%
1,423 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,028 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.3%
468 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
142 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
North Sherwood · 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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