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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004086

Borrowash & Ockbrook

Borrowash & Ockbrook is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,167 residents in Erewash. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,167

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,149

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

836.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.2%

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.

Shevington, Wigan10,174 residents · 84.4% owned · 11.8% no carWickersley South, Bramley South & Whiston, Rotherham11,524 residents · 75.4% owned · 16.5% no carOpenwoodgate & Holbrook, Amber Valley7,742 residents · 78.9% owned · 11.8% no carKimberley North & Watnall, Broxtowe9,160 residents · 74.7% owned · 16.1% no carLeek South & Cheddleton, Staffordshire Moorlands10,619 residents · 84.3% owned · 10.0% no carSprotbrough, Doncaster7,548 residents · 83.2% owned · 12.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Borrowash & Ockbrook

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

Tenure

Owned77.2%
2,430 households
Private rented11.7%
367 households
Social rented10.3%
325 households
Shared ownership0.8%
25 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.2%
1,392 households
Semi-detached43.9%
1,384 households
Terraced8.5%
268 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.3%
74 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
1,239 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,121 households
No cars or vans in household14.2%
448 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.8%
341 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.8%
1,601 households
4 or more bedrooms24.2%
763 households
2 bedrooms20.1%
634 households
1 bedroom4.8%
152 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.8%
2,136 households
One-person household29.2%
921 households
Other household types3%
94 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38%
1,196 households
1 person in household29.2%
921 households
3 people in household15.8%
498 households
4 people in household13%
409 households
5 people in household2.8%
89 households
6 people in household0.9%
27 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,126 residents
15–2913.2%
946 residents
30–4417.4%
1,246 residents
45–6429.4%
2,105 residents
65 and over24.3%
1,744 residents
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.7%
6,862 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
139 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
85 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
51 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.2%
1,984 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,077 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
561 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
438 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.9%
3,402 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.6%
2,487 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,390 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.2%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.5%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
357 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
292 residents aged 16 and over
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.8%
3,355 residents
Good health34.8%
2,492 residents
Fair health13.3%
953 residents
Bad health4.2%
299 residents
Very bad health0.9%
66 residents
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
5,809 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,358 residents
Borrowash & Ockbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.4%
1,650 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
1,062 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.9%
376 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Borrowash & Ockbrook · 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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