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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003845

Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore

Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,017 residents in Cheshire West and Chester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire West and Chester
11,017

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,116

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,560.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.6%

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.

Wigan South, Wigan9,029 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.8% no carKidderminster Town, Wyre Forest8,382 residents · 43.2% owned · 30.2% no carRuncorn Town & Westfield, Halton10,654 residents · 52.5% owned · 26.1% no carSelby Town, Selby13,298 residents · 48.2% owned · 27.0% no carHyde North, Tameside11,983 residents · 53.2% owned · 27.3% no carPontefract North West, Wakefield9,207 residents · 50.9% owned · 30.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore

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

Tenure

Owned41.2%
2,110 households
Private rented29.1%
1,487 households
Social rented28.5%
1,458 households
Shared ownership1%
52 households
Lives rent free0.2%
9 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.3%
2,012 households
Semi-detached28%
1,435 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.6%
1,003 households
Detached8.1%
413 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
89 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
78 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
73 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
13 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
2,278 households
No cars or vans in household31.2%
1,598 households
2 cars or vans in household20.5%
1,048 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
193 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.6%
2,231 households
2 bedrooms35.9%
1,837 households
1 bedroom11.8%
602 households
4 or more bedrooms8.7%
447 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.8%
2,910 households
One-person household38.6%
1,975 households
Other household types4.6%
234 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.6%
1,975 households
2 people in household30.1%
1,541 households
3 people in household16.7%
854 households
4 people in household10%
514 households
5 people in household3.2%
162 households
6 people in household1%
49 households
7 people in household0.3%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
2,274 residents
15–2922.1%
2,440 residents
30–4424.4%
2,684 residents
45–6421.6%
2,382 residents
65 and over11.3%
1,240 residents
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.2%
10,154 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.4%
372 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
245 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
140 residents
Other ethnic group1%
107 residents
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.6%
2,042 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.1%
1,917 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
1,593 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
1,398 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
439 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.6%
5,507 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.5%
2,983 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
1,727 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.9%
1,463 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
1,299 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
930 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
911 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
653 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
607 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
456 residents aged 16 and over
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.6%
5,028 residents
Good health33%
3,639 residents
Fair health13.9%
1,530 residents
Bad health5.8%
641 residents
Very bad health1.6%
179 residents
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.9%
8,584 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.1%
2,433 residents
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.8%
2,190 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
1,629 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.5%
948 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.4%
327 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
23 households
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore · 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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