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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003884

Sandiway

Sandiway is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,930 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
8,930

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,784

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

235.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.3%

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.

East Leake, Rushcliffe8,790 residents · 84.5% owned · 8.7% no carCranage & Goostrey, Cheshire East7,608 residents · 80.4% owned · 5.2% no carKnaresborough North, Harrogate7,392 residents · 83.4% owned · 7.7% no carCropwell Bishop, Kinoulton & Upper Broughton, Rushcliffe5,711 residents · 81.2% owned · 7.2% no carParbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington, West Lancashire6,505 residents · 86.3% owned · 6.9% no carPeterston-super-Ely & Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan8,010 residents · 85.2% owned · 6.5% no car

Most similar within Cheshire West and Chester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Christleton, Guilden Sutton & Waverton, Cheshire West and Chester6,345 residents · 83.2% owned · 8.2% no carKelsall, Tarvin & Ashton Hayes, Cheshire West and Chester7,125 residents · 82.3% owned · 7.3% no carTarporley & Eddisbury Hill, Cheshire West and Chester6,434 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sandiway

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

Tenure

Owned83.9%
3,176 households
Private rented8.5%
321 households
Social rented6.3%
238 households
Shared ownership1.3%
49 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached57.9%
2,190 households
Semi-detached24.2%
914 households
Terraced10.8%
408 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3%
115 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.5%
94 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.7%
1,617 households
1 car or van in household34.9%
1,321 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.1%
608 households
No cars or vans in household6.3%
238 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms47.3%
1,790 households
3 bedrooms33.7%
1,275 households
2 bedrooms16.2%
613 households
1 bedroom2.8%
106 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.2%
2,771 households
One-person household24%
909 households
Other household types2.8%
105 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.7%
1,578 households
1 person in household24%
909 households
3 people in household15.7%
595 households
4 people in household14.3%
541 households
5 people in household3.2%
122 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516%
1,431 residents
15–2911.8%
1,057 residents
30–4416.2%
1,442 residents
45–6429.2%
2,603 residents
65 and over26.8%
2,393 residents
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%
8,616 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
143 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
125 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
25 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
22 residents
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.3%
3,574 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
1,143 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12%
884 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
770 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
542 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.3%
4,090 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.3%
3,203 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.7%
1,974 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.1%
1,781 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
849 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
840 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
330 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
4,711 residents
Good health31.9%
2,851 residents
Fair health11.5%
1,024 residents
Bad health3%
266 residents
Very bad health0.9%
76 residents
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
7,498 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,431 residents
Sandiway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.6%
2,294 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
1,148 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
297 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
42 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Sandiway · 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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