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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002882

Mapperley Park

Mapperley Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,745 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
8,745

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,885

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,363.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.0%

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.

Edgerton & Marsh, Kirklees6,535 residents · 44.6% owned · 38.5% no carSouthsea Waverley Road, Portsmouth6,165 residents · 53.0% owned · 29.4% no carEdgbaston North, Birmingham9,976 residents · 37.7% owned · 38.2% no carBeeston Town, Broxtowe9,079 residents · 46.7% owned · 36.1% no carTown Close, Norwich10,939 residents · 43.3% owned · 37.3% no carClarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mapperley Park

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

Tenure

Owned45.7%
1,776 households
Private rented43.8%
1,701 households
Social rented9.7%
377 households
Shared ownership0.8%
30 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28%
1,088 households
Detached20.1%
779 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.5%
679 households
Semi-detached17.2%
667 households
Terraced14.8%
574 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
65 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
28 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.6%
1,618 households
No cars or vans in household35.8%
1,391 households
2 cars or vans in household17.4%
676 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.1%
200 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms30.1%
1,169 households
4 or more bedrooms26.7%
1,036 households
1 bedroom22.7%
880 households
3 bedrooms20.6%
800 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.3%
1,838 households
One-person household42.3%
1,644 households
Other household types10.4%
403 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.3%
1,644 households
2 people in household32.2%
1,252 households
3 people in household11.7%
453 households
4 people in household8.2%
320 households
5 people in household2.3%
91 households
6 people in household1.2%
48 households
8 or more people in household1%
39 households
7 people in household1%
37 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.5%
1,094 residents
15–2928.1%
2,461 residents
30–4422.1%
1,934 residents
45–6424.4%
2,130 residents
65 and over12.9%
1,128 residents
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69.4%
6,068 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.2%
1,156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.3%
725 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
499 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
298 residents
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49%
3,708 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.1%
1,447 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
897 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.3%
707 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.7%
431 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.8%
4,371 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.7%
2,775 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.6%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.4%
1,542 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.3%
1,387 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students16.1%
1,215 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
705 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
646 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.2%
4,303 residents
Good health34.2%
2,994 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,034 residents
Bad health3.5%
303 residents
Very bad health1.3%
112 residents
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
7,161 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,584 residents
Mapperley Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.1%
2,064 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,230 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.5%
485 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
96 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Mapperley Park · 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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