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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002977

Dresden

Dresden is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,566 residents in Stoke-on-Trent. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Stoke-on-Trent
5,566

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,706

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,991.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

16.9%

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.

Greasborough, Rotherham7,782 residents · 46.5% owned · 36.2% no carErnesettle, Plymouth6,029 residents · 54.3% owned · 25.6% no carPakefield North, East Suffolk6,742 residents · 60.9% owned · 23.4% no carEston, Redcar and Cleveland7,971 residents · 60.7% owned · 30.1% no carChurchtown, Blackpool8,005 residents · 62.6% owned · 29.3% no carEasedale Gardens, Gateshead6,791 residents · 50.3% owned · 39.9% no car

Most similar within Stoke-on-Trent

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Longton West & Sandford Hill, Stoke-on-Trent10,980 residents · 57.4% owned · 28.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dresden

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

Tenure

Owned59.6%
1,614 households
Social rented24.2%
655 households
Private rented15.2%
410 households
Lives rent free0.7%
19 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.4%
1,280 households
Terraced28.5%
771 households
Detached14.6%
395 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.5%
204 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,224 households
No cars or vans in household28.4%
768 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
557 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
153 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.5%
1,066 households
2 bedrooms37%
1,000 households
1 bedroom17.9%
485 households
4 or more bedrooms5.6%
151 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.4%
1,522 households
One-person household40.1%
1,083 households
Other household types3.5%
94 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.1%
1,083 households
2 people in household35.6%
961 households
3 people in household11.8%
318 households
4 people in household8%
215 households
5 people in household3.4%
92 households
6 people in household0.9%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.5%
808 residents
15–2913.9%
776 residents
30–4416.7%
928 residents
45–6426.4%
1,468 residents
65 and over28.5%
1,589 residents
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.2%
5,020 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.3%
295 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
95 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
90 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
67 residents
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.6%
1,488 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above16.9%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
667 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.1%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
521 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.9%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.6%
2,333 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.7%
2,293 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations24.5%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.4%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
386 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
346 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.9%
231 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
229 residents aged 16 and over
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Good health36.3%
2,019 residents
Very good health35.6%
1,980 residents
Fair health17.6%
979 residents
Bad health8.3%
461 residents
Very bad health2.3%
127 residents
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.1%
4,069 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.9%
1,497 residents
Dresden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.5%
987 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.8%
941 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.9%
591 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.3%
171 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
14 households
Dresden · 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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