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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003820

Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock

Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,768 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
9,768

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,127

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,427.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.8%

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.

Standish North, Wigan6,630 residents · 82.7% owned · 9.2% no carMountsorrel & Rothley, Charnwood12,258 residents · 74.8% owned · 10.7% no carHorsham West, Horsham10,941 residents · 72.2% owned · 11.2% no carAmpthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no carBoughton Heath & Huntington, Cheshire West and Chester8,299 residents · 82.2% owned · 10.4% no carHilton & Etwall, South Derbyshire11,895 residents · 76.1% owned · 8.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock

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

Tenure

Owned75.7%
3,124 households
Private rented13.9%
572 households
Social rented8%
330 households
Shared ownership2.4%
101 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached38.8%
1,603 households
Semi-detached36%
1,485 households
Terraced17.3%
712 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.4%
263 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
25 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.2%
1,659 households
2 cars or vans in household39.7%
1,637 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11%
455 households
No cars or vans in household9.1%
376 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.5%
1,711 households
4 or more bedrooms30.2%
1,244 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
984 households
1 bedroom4.5%
187 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.5%
2,907 households
One-person household26.3%
1,084 households
Other household types3.2%
133 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.9%
1,481 households
1 person in household26.3%
1,086 households
3 people in household18.9%
780 households
4 people in household14.5%
598 households
5 people in household3.7%
153 households
6 people in household0.5%
22 households
7 people in household0.1%
6 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,902 residents
15–2916.4%
1,601 residents
30–4422.4%
2,190 residents
45–6427.7%
2,705 residents
65 and over14%
1,371 residents
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
9,392 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
164 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
133 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
43 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
38 residents
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.8%
3,085 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.4%
1,582 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.1%
785 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
591 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
441 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69%
5,351 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.5%
2,289 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.4%
2,045 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,410 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
979 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
748 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
746 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.1%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
5,398 residents
Good health32.2%
3,141 residents
Fair health9.1%
892 residents
Bad health2.7%
268 residents
Very bad health0.7%
70 residents
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
8,425 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,343 residents
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.2%
2,607 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27%
1,116 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
350 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock · 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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