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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004316

Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor

Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,479 residents in County Durham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for County Durham
6,479

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,041

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

368.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.6%

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.

Blaenavon, Torfaen6,019 residents · 58.2% owned · 21.7% no carWaterfoot & Stacksteads, Rossendale12,375 residents · 60.7% owned · 23.0% no carRhosllannerchrugog & Johnstown South, Wrexham6,726 residents · 53.5% owned · 24.4% no carThrockley & Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne10,746 residents · 58.6% owned · 29.1% no carCramlington Town & Beaconhill, Northumberland9,260 residents · 51.3% owned · 27.5% no carWesthoughton West, Bolton8,465 residents · 59.4% owned · 24.8% no car

Most similar within County Durham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Chilton, County Durham7,323 residents · 59.9% owned · 25.3% no carPelton & Perkinsville, County Durham7,120 residents · 59.7% owned · 25.3% no carTrimdon & Fishburn, County Durham7,001 residents · 61.9% owned · 23.3% no carSacriston, County Durham8,425 residents · 61.1% owned · 23.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor

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

Tenure

Owned58.9%
1,790 households
Social rented24.4%
743 households
Private rented15.9%
484 households
Lives rent free0.5%
14 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46.1%
1,401 households
Semi-detached32.4%
984 households
Detached19%
578 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
29 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.6%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,359 households
No cars or vans in household25.2%
765 households
2 cars or vans in household24.2%
734 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
181 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45%
1,367 households
2 bedrooms37.4%
1,136 households
4 or more bedrooms13.2%
402 households
1 bedroom4.4%
134 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.1%
1,828 households
One-person household36.8%
1,118 households
Other household types3.1%
94 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.8%
1,118 households
2 people in household33.8%
1,026 households
3 people in household15.2%
463 households
4 people in household9.8%
298 households
5 people in household3%
91 households
6 people in household0.9%
28 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.6%
1,141 residents
15–2915.7%
1,019 residents
30–4420.5%
1,328 residents
45–6427.5%
1,784 residents
65 and over18.6%
1,206 residents
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
6,296 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
76 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
60 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
35 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
10 residents
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.6%
1,350 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.9%
1,207 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
943 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
740 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
556 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.2%
3,010 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.9%
2,208 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
48 residents aged 16 and over
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.7%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.7%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
2,710 residents
Good health35%
2,268 residents
Fair health15.3%
994 residents
Bad health5.9%
380 residents
Very bad health1.9%
126 residents
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.9%
4,982 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.1%
1,497 residents
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.2%
1,314 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,010 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.3%
526 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
187 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor · 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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