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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002884

Forest Fields

Forest Fields is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,430 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
7,430

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,518

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,782.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.2%

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.

Birkby, Kirklees8,267 residents · 53.1% owned · 34.8% no carGrangetown North, Cardiff8,652 residents · 49.5% owned · 36.8% no carRotton Park, Birmingham9,892 residents · 50.1% owned · 31.1% no carLevenshulme Central, Manchester9,135 residents · 43.6% owned · 39.8% no carNaul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no carPlumstead High Street, Greenwich11,064 residents · 36.2% owned · 46.9% no car

Most similar within Nottingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hyson Green, Nottingham8,642 residents · 24.6% owned · 54.1% no carSneinton, Nottingham10,080 residents · 31.8% owned · 48.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Forest Fields

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

Tenure

Private rented54.3%
1,368 households
Owned33.5%
844 households
Social rented11.6%
291 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.6%
948 households
Semi-detached22.2%
560 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.6%
418 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.6%
293 households
Detached8.9%
223 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
59 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.5%
1,096 households
1 car or van in household39.6%
998 households
2 cars or vans in household12.9%
324 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4%
100 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.2%
811 households
3 bedrooms31.6%
796 households
4 or more bedrooms19%
478 households
1 bedroom17.2%
433 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49%
1,232 households
One-person household30.4%
766 households
Other household types20.6%
518 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.4%
766 households
2 people in household25.4%
640 households
3 people in household12.9%
325 households
4 people in household12.2%
308 households
5 people in household7.2%
182 households
6 people in household5.3%
133 households
8 or more people in household3.5%
89 households
7 people in household2.9%
74 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
1,472 residents
15–2928.8%
2,137 residents
30–4424.3%
1,807 residents
45–6419.9%
1,477 residents
65 and over7.2%
537 residents
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White43.8%
3,256 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh37.4%
2,779 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.7%
574 residents
Other ethnic group7.2%
534 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
286 residents
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.2%
1,891 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.3%
1,424 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
608 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
597 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.4%
3,191 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.1%
2,414 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.7%
1,036 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
997 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.6%
855 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8%
468 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
247 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
3,395 residents
Good health35%
2,599 residents
Fair health13.3%
987 residents
Bad health4.7%
350 residents
Very bad health1.3%
99 residents
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.3%
6,113 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.7%
1,317 residents
Forest Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.4%
968 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
877 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.4%
514 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6%
151 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Forest Fields · 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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