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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002877

Sherwood Vale

Sherwood Vale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,714 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
7,714

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,678

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,127.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.4%

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.

Salisbury Town North & Milford, Wiltshire6,156 residents · 55.8% owned · 26.4% no carSt Michael's & Otterspool, Liverpool7,453 residents · 54.3% owned · 32.8% no carTruro South & Central, Cornwall6,968 residents · 56.4% owned · 27.9% no carBournville East & Stirchley West, Birmingham7,870 residents · 58.5% owned · 28.8% no carStourbridge Town & Old Quarter, Dudley8,168 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.0% no carPrestwich Central, Bury6,560 residents · 62.6% owned · 23.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sherwood Vale

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

Tenure

Owned58.1%
2,137 households
Private rented30.6%
1,126 households
Social rented10.8%
399 households
Shared ownership0.3%
11 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached32.2%
1,186 households
Terraced28.9%
1,064 households
Detached17.3%
635 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.1%
447 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.5%
239 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
67 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
40 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.1%
1,732 households
No cars or vans in household32.5%
1,196 households
2 cars or vans in household17%
625 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
127 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.5%
1,418 households
2 bedrooms29.5%
1,086 households
4 or more bedrooms18.5%
681 households
1 bedroom13.4%
494 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.4%
1,893 households
One-person household40.2%
1,481 households
Other household types8.3%
306 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.2%
1,481 households
2 people in household33.5%
1,231 households
3 people in household12.2%
448 households
4 people in household9.6%
353 households
5 people in household3%
111 households
6 people in household1.1%
42 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.7%
1,132 residents
15–2918.1%
1,400 residents
30–4424.2%
1,868 residents
45–6425.3%
1,954 residents
65 and over17.6%
1,360 residents
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.2%
6,261 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.8%
525 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
478 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
350 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
101 residents
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.4%
3,151 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
969 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.8%
900 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.9%
645 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.9%
447 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63%
4,104 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.9%
2,271 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.3%
1,778 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,056 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
716 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.3%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.8%
3,685 residents
Good health33.8%
2,611 residents
Fair health13%
1,003 residents
Bad health4.5%
345 residents
Very bad health0.9%
70 residents
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
6,204 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
1,510 residents
Sherwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.2%
1,884 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,235 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12%
442 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
115 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Sherwood 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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