Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003856

Handforth & Dean Row

Handforth & Dean Row is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,452 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East

11,452

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,171

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,546.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Handforth & Dean Row

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

Tenure

Owned59.3%

3,067 households

Social rented23.2%

1,201 households

Private rented15.9%

822 households

Shared ownership1.6%

81 households

Lives rent free0%

0 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced27.1%

1,400 households

Detached25.8%

1,335 households

Semi-detached23.8%

1,233 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.5%

1,114 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%

39 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%

36 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%

11 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

4 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%

2,253 households

2 cars or vans in household27.9%

1,444 households

No cars or vans in household20.7%

1,073 households

3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%

402 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33%

1,706 households

2 bedrooms29.9%

1,548 households

4 or more bedrooms23.9%

1,236 households

1 bedroom13.2%

682 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.1%

3,109 households

One-person household36.1%

1,865 households

Other household types3.8%

198 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.1%

1,865 households

2 people in household31.3%

1,620 households

3 people in household15.7%

811 households

4 people in household12%

621 households

5 people in household3.6%

187 households

6 people in household0.9%

47 households

7 people in household0.2%

12 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

9 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%

2,058 residents

15–2915.7%

1,801 residents

30–4421.4%

2,456 residents

45–6426.6%

3,051 residents

65 and over18.2%

2,086 residents

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.9%

9,841 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%

790 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%

376 residents

Other ethnic group2.9%

330 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%

113 residents

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.5%

3,670 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications16.6%

1,545 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications15%

1,389 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications12.9%

1,194 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%

851 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship4.6%

431 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.2%

201 residents aged 16 and over

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.4%

5,792 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive36.5%

3,391 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.1%

101 residents aged 16 and over

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%

2,038 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%

1,705 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%

1,122 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%

1,077 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%

952 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations9.6%

890 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%

624 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%

442 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.7%

434 residents aged 16 and over

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.4%

5,778 residents

Good health32.1%

3,673 residents

Fair health12.2%

1,397 residents

Bad health4.2%

478 residents

Very bad health1.1%

127 residents

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.7%

9,467 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act17.3%

1,985 residents

Handforth & Dean Row · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%

2,637 households

Household is deprived in one dimension32%

1,656 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%

677 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%

195 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

7 households

Handforth & Dean Row · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02003856

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Handforth & Dean Row

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Handforth & Dean Row

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.