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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004327

Horden

Horden is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,549 residents in County Durham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for County Durham
5,549

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,770

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,138.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

15.4%

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.

Southwick, Sunderland7,274 residents · 45.0% owned · 42.9% no carNeath Town, Neath Port Talbot6,604 residents · 52.3% owned · 38.2% no carFelling South, Gateshead5,233 residents · 42.7% owned · 46.2% no carLakeside & Farrington, Sunderland6,796 residents · 42.2% owned · 40.8% no carHeadland & West View, Hartlepool10,278 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.0% no carFerndale & Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf5,695 residents · 61.8% owned · 31.2% no car

Most similar within County Durham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Blackhall, County Durham5,944 residents · 61.3% owned · 28.9% no carFerryhill East & Cornforth, County Durham6,713 residents · 50.3% owned · 30.1% no carPeterlee East, County Durham9,012 residents · 44.3% owned · 38.4% no carBishop Auckland South, County Durham7,039 residents · 47.7% owned · 36.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Horden

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

Tenure

Owned50.9%
1,411 households
Private rented28.1%
777 households
Social rented20.8%
577 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced61.8%
1,711 households
Semi-detached26.3%
729 households
Detached8.3%
231 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.3%
65 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 bedsits0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.7%
1,156 households
No cars or vans in household38.8%
1,076 households
2 cars or vans in household15.6%
431 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
108 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49%
1,357 households
3 bedrooms35.8%
992 households
1 bedroom8.8%
243 households
4 or more bedrooms6.5%
179 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.4%
1,536 households
One-person household41.7%
1,157 households
Other household types2.9%
81 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.8%
1,157 households
2 people in household34%
943 households
3 people in household12.7%
353 households
4 people in household8.3%
231 households
5 people in household2.5%
68 households
6 people in household0.4%
11 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
844 residents
15–2916.2%
897 residents
30–4416.7%
926 residents
45–6428.6%
1,587 residents
65 and over23.3%
1,293 residents
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
5,430 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
54 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
25 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
15 residents
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications33.4%
1,554 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
722 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above15.4%
718 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
694 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive53.1%
2,469 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.5%
2,118 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
67 residents aged 16 and over
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.8%
924 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations19.7%
917 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.1%
748 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.9%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
314 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.1%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health35.5%
1,971 residents
Good health31.3%
1,737 residents
Fair health20.3%
1,126 residents
Bad health10%
556 residents
Very bad health2.9%
159 residents
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act68.7%
3,811 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act31.3%
1,738 residents
Horden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
959 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.1%
780 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions27.1%
752 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.8%
273 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Horden · 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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