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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003865

Bollington

Bollington is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,941 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
7,941

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,662

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,363.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.8%

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.

Ramsbottom, Bury9,040 residents · 69.2% owned · 18.2% no carNew Delph, Dobcross & Austerlands, Oldham6,476 residents · 82.4% owned · 10.9% no carClitheroe North, Ribble Valley8,160 residents · 71.8% owned · 16.2% no carHertford Bengeo, East Hertfordshire7,898 residents · 73.5% owned · 13.3% no carLichfield West & South, Lichfield10,403 residents · 73.7% owned · 12.2% no carGreetland & Stainland, Calderdale9,388 residents · 72.3% owned · 15.0% no car

Most similar within Cheshire East

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside, Cheshire East7,667 residents · 73.2% owned · 13.0% no carMacclesfield Bollinbrook, Cheshire East7,325 residents · 78.1% owned · 14.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bollington

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

Tenure

Owned72.4%
2,650 households
Private rented19%
694 households
Social rented7.9%
290 households
Shared ownership0.7%
27 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced34.6%
1,269 households
Semi-detached32.6%
1,196 households
Detached22.8%
834 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.7%
209 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.8%
104 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
25 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.8%
1,678 households
2 cars or vans in household34.7%
1,270 households
No cars or vans in household10.1%
369 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.5%
347 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.5%
1,412 households
2 bedrooms31.9%
1,170 households
4 or more bedrooms21.4%
783 households
1 bedroom8.2%
299 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.7%
2,370 households
One-person household33.4%
1,224 households
Other household types1.9%
70 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.3%
1,366 households
1 person in household33.4%
1,224 households
3 people in household13.9%
509 households
4 people in household12%
439 households
5 people in household2.9%
105 households
6 people in household0.5%
19 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,292 residents
15–2912%
950 residents
30–4417.7%
1,408 residents
45–6430.9%
2,455 residents
65 and over23.1%
1,837 residents
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
7,705 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
59 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
36 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
28 residents
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.8%
2,881 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
1,065 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
842 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.3%
811 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.9%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.8%
4,058 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.2%
2,446 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
65 residents aged 16 and over
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,675 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.6%
1,286 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.9%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
555 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
312 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
286 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.9%
4,204 residents
Good health31%
2,465 residents
Fair health12.4%
987 residents
Bad health3%
241 residents
Very bad health0.6%
47 residents
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
6,617 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,326 residents
Bollington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.6%
2,148 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.8%
1,130 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
323 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Bollington · 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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