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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004092

Sawley

Sawley is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,388 residents in Erewash. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,388

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,184

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,130.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.5%

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.

Brinsworth, Rotherham9,048 residents · 71.0% owned · 20.7% no carEarl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,630 residents · 67.4% owned · 14.4% no carBalderton, Newark and Sherwood10,348 residents · 73.9% owned · 16.3% no carUpper Stratton, Swindon9,926 residents · 70.7% owned · 16.6% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carOutwood West, Wakefield8,500 residents · 71.1% owned · 21.6% no car

Most similar within Erewash

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Long Eaton North, Erewash7,764 residents · 66.0% owned · 20.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sawley

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

Tenure

Owned69.5%
2,909 households
Social rented16.7%
699 households
Private rented12.8%
535 households
Shared ownership0.9%
38 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.7%
2,289 households
Detached23.2%
971 households
Terraced15%
626 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
245 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,835 households
2 cars or vans in household28.1%
1,174 households
No cars or vans in household19.5%
814 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.6%
362 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55%
2,300 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
998 households
4 or more bedrooms12.3%
513 households
1 bedroom8.9%
374 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
2,752 households
One-person household30.6%
1,281 households
Other household types3.7%
153 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.8%
1,582 households
1 person in household30.6%
1,281 households
3 people in household15%
627 households
4 people in household11.8%
494 households
5 people in household3.5%
147 households
6 people in household0.9%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,565 residents
15–2915.5%
1,459 residents
30–4418.9%
1,779 residents
45–6427.7%
2,599 residents
65 and over21.2%
1,986 residents
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95%
8,915 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
226 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
154 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
50 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
39 residents
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.5%
1,889 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.7%
1,594 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,350 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
964 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.9%
606 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.8%
4,608 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.9%
2,992 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.3%
1,489 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.8%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.7%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
977 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
766 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
648 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
329 residents aged 16 and over
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.8%
4,108 residents
Good health35.6%
3,339 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,420 residents
Bad health4.3%
405 residents
Very bad health1.2%
117 residents
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
7,566 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,824 residents
Sawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.8%
1,959 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
1,426 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.1%
634 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
162 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sawley · 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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