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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004080

Ilkeston Town

Ilkeston Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,737 residents in Erewash. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,737

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,577

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,400.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.3%

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.

Hinckley Central, Hinckley and Bosworth9,117 residents · 59.6% owned · 23.4% no carHucknall Town, Ashfield9,301 residents · 54.0% owned · 31.7% no carRushden East, North Northamptonshire9,357 residents · 50.9% owned · 23.8% no carDenton North, Tameside6,371 residents · 59.5% owned · 28.2% no carBrockhurst, Gosport6,247 residents · 64.1% owned · 22.8% no carSouth Wigston, Oadby and Wigston8,115 residents · 63.0% owned · 24.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ilkeston Town

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

Tenure

Owned57.7%
2,643 households
Private rented30.2%
1,381 households
Social rented11.5%
526 households
Shared ownership0.5%
24 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33.7%
1,544 households
Semi-detached32.5%
1,486 households
Detached15.4%
706 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.1%
509 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.6%
119 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
103 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
101 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
9 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%
1,965 households
No cars or vans in household29.1%
1,330 households
2 cars or vans in household22%
1,005 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.1%
277 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.1%
1,836 households
2 bedrooms38.8%
1,778 households
1 bedroom10.8%
495 households
4 or more bedrooms10.2%
468 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.5%
2,677 households
One-person household36.6%
1,674 households
Other household types5%
227 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.6%
1,674 households
2 people in household34.7%
1,589 households
3 people in household15.6%
714 households
4 people in household9.2%
422 households
5 people in household2.8%
128 households
6 people in household0.8%
35 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,580 residents
15–2919.2%
1,872 residents
30–4420.3%
1,981 residents
45–6426.8%
2,607 residents
65 and over17.4%
1,699 residents
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
9,324 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
167 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
137 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
65 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
46 residents
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.5%
1,895 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
1,558 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.3%
1,557 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,248 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%
975 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
613 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
5,055 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.1%
2,912 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
103 residents aged 16 and over
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.7%
1,752 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
1,294 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,216 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
768 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.2%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
611 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
524 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
307 residents aged 16 and over
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41%
3,990 residents
Good health36%
3,506 residents
Fair health16.5%
1,606 residents
Bad health5%
490 residents
Very bad health1.5%
145 residents
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
7,633 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
2,104 residents
Ilkeston Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.4%
1,941 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,656 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.3%
748 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.8%
221 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
11 households
Ilkeston Town · 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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