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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004076

Ashbourne South

Ashbourne South is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,528 residents in Derbyshire Dales. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,528

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,334

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,155.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Bromsgrove Sidemoor, Bromsgrove7,378 residents · 66.7% owned · 15.0% no carBanbury Easington, Cherwell9,024 residents · 70.1% owned · 19.0% no carDursley, Stroud7,463 residents · 66.4% owned · 16.1% no carKirkham & Wesham, Fylde12,576 residents · 68.6% owned · 16.7% no carCatshill, Bromsgrove5,958 residents · 67.3% owned · 14.5% no carDevizes East, Wiltshire11,023 residents · 63.4% owned · 14.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashbourne South

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

Tenure

Owned62.6%
2,086 households
Social rented21.7%
725 households
Private rented13.1%
436 households
Shared ownership2.6%
87 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached33.5%
1,116 households
Semi-detached30.3%
1,009 households
Terraced22%
735 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.4%
412 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
25 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%
1,367 households
2 cars or vans in household30.3%
1,010 households
No cars or vans in household18.8%
626 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10%
332 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.2%
1,409 households
4 or more bedrooms24.9%
829 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
785 households
1 bedroom9.4%
313 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.9%
2,199 households
One-person household31.4%
1,048 households
Other household types2.7%
89 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%
1,185 households
1 person in household31.4%
1,048 households
3 people in household16.3%
544 households
4 people in household12.9%
431 households
5 people in household3%
100 households
6 people in household0.7%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.5%
1,321 residents
15–2916%
1,203 residents
30–4417.6%
1,322 residents
45–6427.1%
2,043 residents
65 and over21.8%
1,639 residents
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
7,334 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
111 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
45 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
18 residents
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
1,939 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.7%
1,205 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
894 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
571 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.9%
3,669 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.5%
2,357 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.6%
1,199 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.7%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48%
3,617 residents
Good health34.2%
2,573 residents
Fair health12.5%
942 residents
Bad health3.7%
282 residents
Very bad health1.5%
114 residents
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.6%
6,141 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.4%
1,387 residents
Ashbourne South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.3%
1,678 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,133 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.7%
422 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
94 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Ashbourne South · 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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