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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003979

Hawcoat & Furness Abbey

Hawcoat & Furness Abbey is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,770 residents in Barrow-in-Furness. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,770

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,460

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,197.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

90.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.7%

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.

Harwood, Bolton8,350 residents · 85.4% owned · 13.5% no carFairfield, Stockton-on-Tees7,454 residents · 83.5% owned · 13.2% no carNorton North, Stockton-on-Tees6,066 residents · 83.2% owned · 14.4% no carChester-le-Street North, County Durham7,960 residents · 77.3% owned · 17.9% no carGrenoside & Ecclesfield North, Sheffield7,138 residents · 85.6% owned · 14.4% no carSpondon North, Derby5,597 residents · 83.9% owned · 17.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hawcoat & Furness Abbey

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

Tenure

Owned90.9%
3,145 households
Private rented7.2%
249 households
Social rented1.7%
59 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached60.6%
2,098 households
Detached29.7%
1,027 households
Terraced5.1%
177 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.6%
123 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.4%
1,607 households
2 cars or vans in household31.3%
1,083 households
No cars or vans in household13.6%
470 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.7%
303 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.3%
1,776 households
2 bedrooms24.6%
852 households
4 or more bedrooms22.2%
768 households
1 bedroom1.8%
64 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.8%
2,313 households
One-person household29.9%
1,034 households
Other household types3.3%
113 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40%
1,384 households
1 person in household29.9%
1,034 households
3 people in household14.3%
495 households
4 people in household12.6%
437 households
5 people in household2.5%
86 households
6 people in household0.5%
19 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.1%
1,014 residents
15–2912.9%
1,001 residents
30–4414.6%
1,132 residents
45–6428%
2,173 residents
65 and over31.5%
2,450 residents
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
7,402 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
221 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
57 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
49 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
40 residents
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.7%
2,320 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.4%
1,296 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.9%
997 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship11.4%
760 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.4%
694 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
486 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.6%
3,454 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47%
3,147 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
1,621 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.3%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
866 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.2%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
475 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
3,568 residents
Good health35.5%
2,755 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,020 residents
Bad health4.2%
325 residents
Very bad health1.3%
101 residents
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81%
6,296 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19%
1,473 residents
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.2%
1,944 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,158 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9%
313 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
44 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Hawcoat & Furness Abbey · 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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