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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004108

Dronfield Town & Unstone

Dronfield Town & Unstone is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,555 residents in North East Derbyshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,555

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,535

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

561.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.0%

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.

Dodworth, Barnsley5,976 residents · 70.9% owned · 20.1% no carBearpark & Witton Gilbert, County Durham7,826 residents · 61.9% owned · 21.7% no carTaff's Well & Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taf6,942 residents · 68.9% owned · 20.2% no carRetford East, Bassetlaw8,821 residents · 65.7% owned · 21.2% no carSeaton Delaval & Seghill, Northumberland8,155 residents · 61.0% owned · 20.5% no carBurbage St Catherines, Hinckley and Bosworth6,049 residents · 68.3% owned · 17.9% no car

Most similar within North East Derbyshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Eckington East & Renishaw, North East Derbyshire8,309 residents · 55.0% owned · 18.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dronfield Town & Unstone

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

Tenure

Owned62.6%
2,212 households
Social rented26.4%
935 households
Private rented10.2%
361 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.8%
1,618 households
Detached22.9%
809 households
Terraced14.7%
521 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.5%
513 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
32 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,543 households
2 cars or vans in household28.2%
997 households
No cars or vans in household18.9%
668 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.2%
326 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.7%
1,651 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
873 households
4 or more bedrooms16.4%
580 households
1 bedroom12.2%
430 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60%
2,120 households
One-person household37.4%
1,321 households
Other household types2.6%
92 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.4%
1,321 households
2 people in household33.8%
1,195 households
3 people in household14.3%
504 households
4 people in household10.9%
386 households
5 people in household2.5%
90 households
6 people in household0.8%
29 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,154 residents
15–2915%
1,132 residents
30–4416.8%
1,266 residents
45–6429.3%
2,212 residents
65 and over23.7%
1,791 residents
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.7%
7,312 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
110 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
90 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29%
1,829 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.4%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
897 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
673 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
444 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.7%
3,508 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,695 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
1,269 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
820 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.2%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.7%
3,300 residents
Good health33.9%
2,559 residents
Fair health16.6%
1,251 residents
Bad health4.6%
345 residents
Very bad health1.3%
100 residents
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.2%
5,836 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.8%
1,719 residents
Dronfield Town & Unstone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,604 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,250 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.9%
562 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
114 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Dronfield Town & Unstone · 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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