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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005252

Brierfield & Reedley

Brierfield & Reedley is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,395 residents in Pendle. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,395

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,556

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,404.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.5%

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.

Keighley Utley, Bradford7,186 residents · 73.5% owned · 21.5% no carUpper Batley & Soothill, Kirklees6,912 residents · 65.8% owned · 19.9% no carStaincliffe & Healey, Kirklees7,446 residents · 64.7% owned · 23.2% no carScholemoor, Bradford13,334 residents · 64.1% owned · 24.5% no carBuckley Wells & Fishpool, Bury7,779 residents · 56.7% owned · 28.8% no carBobbers Mill, Nottingham10,276 residents · 62.5% owned · 28.5% no car

Most similar within Pendle

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Marsden, Pendle7,310 residents · 72.1% owned · 17.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brierfield & Reedley

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

Tenure

Owned73%
2,597 households
Private rented20.3%
722 households
Social rented6.5%
231 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.7%
1,480 households
Semi-detached29.4%
1,044 households
Detached24.9%
884 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.5%
88 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.6%
1,514 households
2 cars or vans in household27.4%
975 households
No cars or vans in household20.5%
730 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%
334 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.2%
1,428 households
2 bedrooms31.5%
1,120 households
4 or more bedrooms23.9%
850 households
1 bedroom4.3%
153 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.9%
2,235 households
One-person household26.7%
949 households
Other household types10.4%
369 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.9%
1,028 households
1 person in household26.7%
949 households
3 people in household13.3%
472 households
4 people in household10.6%
378 households
5 people in household9.5%
336 households
6 people in household5.8%
207 households
7 people in household2.8%
98 households
8 or more people in household2.4%
86 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.1%
2,293 residents
15–2919.1%
1,981 residents
30–4420.3%
2,113 residents
45–6421.9%
2,276 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,733 residents
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55.1%
5,726 residents
White42.1%
4,381 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
172 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
86 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
32 residents
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.7%
2,207 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above27.5%
2,188 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
966 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
768 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
394 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.1%
3,909 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.7%
3,880 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.9%
1,422 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
1,202 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.3%
903 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47%
4,886 residents
Good health33.4%
3,470 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,431 residents
Bad health4.4%
455 residents
Very bad health1.5%
151 residents
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.4%
8,674 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.6%
1,722 residents
Brierfield & Reedley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.4%
1,401 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
1,287 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
653 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.6%
200 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
Brierfield & Reedley · 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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