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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005192

Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke

Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,847 residents in Chorley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,847

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,687

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

388.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.4%

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.

Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire13,521 residents · 79.1% owned · 8.4% no carHilton & Etwall, South Derbyshire11,895 residents · 76.1% owned · 8.0% no carAmpthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no carStrensall, York6,946 residents · 79.8% owned · 9.1% no carStansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carHook & Rotherwick, Hart9,658 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke

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

Tenure

Owned80.1%
2,955 households
Private rented12.4%
457 households
Social rented6.7%
246 households
Shared ownership0.8%
28 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45.2%
1,667 households
Semi-detached26%
960 households
Terraced20%
737 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8%
296 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41%
1,513 households
1 car or van in household36.5%
1,347 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.1%
520 households
No cars or vans in household8.4%
310 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.3%
1,412 households
3 bedrooms34.9%
1,286 households
2 bedrooms20.8%
767 households
1 bedroom6.1%
224 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.5%
2,602 households
One-person household26.1%
965 households
Other household types3.4%
124 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.3%
1,301 households
1 person in household26.2%
965 households
3 people in household18.2%
670 households
4 people in household15.9%
587 households
5 people in household3.5%
130 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,593 residents
15–2915.4%
1,359 residents
30–4420.5%
1,814 residents
45–6430.3%
2,684 residents
65 and over15.8%
1,402 residents
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
8,431 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
200 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
34 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
26 residents
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.4%
3,166 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,298 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
989 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10%
713 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
518 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
340 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.9%
4,696 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.7%
2,257 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.6%
1,895 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21%
1,496 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.8%
844 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.3%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
425 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
312 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.1%
4,959 residents
Good health31%
2,743 residents
Fair health9.6%
848 residents
Bad health2.6%
231 residents
Very bad health0.7%
66 residents
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
7,589 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
1,258 residents
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.1%
2,291 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
1,060 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.6%
281 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke · 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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