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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004109

Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield

Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,790 residents in North East Derbyshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,790

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,931

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

151.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.0%

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.

Nettleham, Sudbrooke & Scothern, West Lindsey8,110 residents · 81.9% owned · 10.1% no carWeston & Haywood, Stafford8,750 residents · 81.9% owned · 7.7% no carEast Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary, Babergh10,440 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.3% no carPoulton, Raby Mere & Thornton Hough, Wirral6,982 residents · 87.8% owned · 9.1% no carSaltford, Farmborough & Timsbury, Bath and North East Somerset9,572 residents · 80.4% owned · 8.9% no carWinthorpe, Coddington & Collingham, Newark and Sherwood7,580 residents · 80.2% owned · 9.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield

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

Tenure

Owned86.9%
2,548 households
Private rented6.7%
195 households
Social rented6.1%
178 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached60.9%
1,786 households
Semi-detached31%
908 households
Terraced5.2%
153 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.2%
64 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.1%
1,174 households
1 car or van in household37.2%
1,089 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15%
440 households
No cars or vans in household7.7%
225 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.3%
1,356 households
4 or more bedrooms36.3%
1,063 households
2 bedrooms14.8%
433 households
1 bedroom2.7%
79 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.4%
2,122 households
One-person household24.7%
724 households
Other household types2.9%
86 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.2%
1,268 households
1 person in household24.7%
724 households
3 people in household14.5%
424 households
4 people in household13.3%
391 households
5 people in household3.5%
103 households
6 people in household0.6%
19 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.8%
1,007 residents
15–2911%
748 residents
30–4414.1%
958 residents
45–6427.6%
1,870 residents
65 and over32.5%
2,203 residents
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
6,632 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
71 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
67 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
12 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
8 residents
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38%
2,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
989 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
749 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
741 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
534 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
364 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.4%
2,878 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.9%
2,739 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.6%
1,461 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,070 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
759 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.9%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
253 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
252 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.9%
3,318 residents
Good health33.6%
2,283 residents
Fair health13.6%
924 residents
Bad health3%
206 residents
Very bad health0.9%
59 residents
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
5,619 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,170 residents
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%
1,669 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.3%
946 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%
285 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
29 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Dronfield Woodhouse & Holmesfield · 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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