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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004110

Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane

Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,378 residents in North East Derbyshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,378

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,166

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,054.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.9%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane

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

Tenure

Owned87.6%
2,773 households
Private rented7.2%
227 households
Social rented4.7%
148 households
Shared ownership0.6%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.5%
1,536 households
Detached41.9%
1,327 households
Terraced6.2%
195 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3%
95 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.9%
1,263 households
2 cars or vans in household36.9%
1,168 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.2%
418 households
No cars or vans in household10%
317 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.3%
1,657 households
4 or more bedrooms26.6%
841 households
2 bedrooms18.7%
593 households
1 bedroom2.4%
75 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71%
2,248 households
One-person household26.2%
829 households
Other household types2.8%
89 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.3%
1,212 households
1 person in household26.2%
829 households
3 people in household16.4%
520 households
4 people in household15.4%
489 households
5 people in household2.9%
91 households
6 people in household0.7%
22 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,219 residents
15–2912.8%
942 residents
30–4416.7%
1,231 residents
45–6426.8%
1,979 residents
65 and over27.2%
2,003 residents
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
7,201 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
97 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
37 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
33 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
10 residents
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.9%
2,118 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
1,150 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
866 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.9%
784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
3,445 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,537 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,503 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.3%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.3%
926 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
606 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5%
302 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
268 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.7%
3,668 residents
Good health34.7%
2,558 residents
Fair health11.8%
872 residents
Bad health2.9%
215 residents
Very bad health0.9%
65 residents
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
6,203 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,175 residents
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.4%
1,787 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
1,026 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
320 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Dronfield South & Gosforth Lane · 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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