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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003859

Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh

Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,546 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
12,546

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,988

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.1%

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.

Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley, Bromsgrove7,417 residents · 83.3% owned · 6.4% no carKing's Cliffe, Woodnewton & Easton, North Northamptonshire6,480 residents · 70.8% owned · 6.4% no carMeriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall, Solihull7,343 residents · 76.6% owned · 10.0% no carComberbach, Acton Bridge & Whitley, Cheshire West and Chester6,447 residents · 86.6% owned · 5.3% no carAbberley, Holt Heath & Hallow, Malvern Hills8,524 residents · 77.3% owned · 5.7% no carCropwell Bishop, Kinoulton & Upper Broughton, Rushcliffe5,711 residents · 81.2% owned · 7.2% no car

Most similar within Cheshire East

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Audlem, Bunbury & Wrenbury, Cheshire East10,834 residents · 78.8% owned · 6.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh

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

Tenure

Owned76.3%
3,805 households
Private rented17.3%
864 households
Social rented5.7%
285 households
Shared ownership0.7%
33 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51.6%
2,572 households
Semi-detached24.2%
1,207 households
Terraced16.4%
817 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.9%
193 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.5%
127 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
18 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.6%
2,073 households
1 car or van in household32.5%
1,623 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.7%
983 households
No cars or vans in household6.2%
309 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.2%
2,006 households
3 bedrooms34.1%
1,701 households
2 bedrooms22.1%
1,104 households
1 bedroom3.5%
176 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.1%
3,546 households
One-person household24.4%
1,215 households
Other household types4.6%
228 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.4%
1,966 households
1 person in household24.4%
1,215 households
3 people in household17.6%
878 households
4 people in household12.8%
640 households
5 people in household4.5%
224 households
6 people in household0.7%
37 households
7 people in household0.3%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,923 residents
15–2911.9%
1,489 residents
30–4416.3%
2,045 residents
45–6430.8%
3,863 residents
65 and over25.7%
3,229 residents
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.2%
11,823 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
304 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
259 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
104 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
55 residents
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.1%
4,427 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
1,627 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14%
1,475 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
819 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
516 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
241 residents aged 16 and over
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.5%
5,837 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.6%
4,584 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.8%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
2,391 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.9%
2,197 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.1%
1,794 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.3%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.9%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.2%
653 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
476 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.2%
6,676 residents
Good health30.7%
3,846 residents
Fair health10.6%
1,327 residents
Bad health3.9%
487 residents
Very bad health1.7%
210 residents
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
10,351 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
2,195 residents
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.2%
2,951 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.8%
1,538 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9%
449 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
50 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh · 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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