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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003862

Prestbury & Adlington

Prestbury & Adlington is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,267 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
5,267

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,173

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

147.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.2%

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.

Spofforth, Burn Bridge & Huby, Harrogate6,114 residents · 82.7% owned · 6.1% no carDarras Hall, Stamfordham & Heddon, Northumberland7,923 residents · 84.3% owned · 5.8% no carOgmore-by-Sea & Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan6,138 residents · 86.1% owned · 6.4% no carGayton & Lower Heswall, Wirral8,839 residents · 94.0% owned · 8.1% no carKeyworth North, Tollerton & Willoughby, Rushcliffe5,938 residents · 90.9% owned · 6.7% no carHorsley & Effingham, Guildford9,923 residents · 84.8% owned · 5.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Prestbury & Adlington

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

Tenure

Owned86.3%
1,876 households
Private rented9.8%
214 households
Social rented3.6%
79 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached71.2%
1,547 households
Semi-detached12.2%
265 households
Terraced8.1%
175 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5%
108 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.2%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
14 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.9%
890 households
1 car or van in household30.8%
670 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.2%
482 households
No cars or vans in household6.2%
134 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms58.3%
1,267 households
3 bedrooms25.4%
553 households
2 bedrooms12%
260 households
1 bedroom4.4%
95 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73%
1,590 households
One-person household23.4%
510 households
Other household types3.5%
77 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.7%
931 households
1 person in household23.4%
510 households
3 people in household14.8%
323 households
4 people in household14.4%
314 households
5 people in household3.7%
81 households
6 people in household0.6%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.5%
710 residents
15–2911.4%
599 residents
30–4410.7%
562 residents
45–6431%
1,636 residents
65 and over33.5%
1,763 residents
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
5,022 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
107 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
96 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
25 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
14 residents
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.2%
2,257 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.3%
599 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.1%
453 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.4%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.9%
2,245 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive49.1%
2,211 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
45 residents aged 16 and over
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.7%
1,243 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.3%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.6%
253 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
211 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.2%
144 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.9%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.3%
3,069 residents
Good health28.2%
1,486 residents
Fair health9.3%
492 residents
Bad health3.3%
175 residents
Very bad health0.9%
45 residents
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
4,482 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
784 residents
Prestbury & Adlington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.5%
1,403 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
624 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.3%
136 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.6%
12 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Prestbury & Adlington · 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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