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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005276

Whalley & Brockhall

Whalley & Brockhall is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,814 residents in Ribble Valley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,814

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,753

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

287.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.8%

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.

Hartley Wintney & Heckfield, Hart7,164 residents · 69.8% owned · 7.5% no carKibworth & Great Glen, Harborough12,763 residents · 74.9% owned · 8.8% no carShalford & Wanborough, Guildford8,127 residents · 73.7% owned · 7.6% no carHanborough & Cassington, West Oxfordshire7,029 residents · 74.3% owned · 9.6% no carUpperthong & Holmbridge, Kirklees7,018 residents · 80.0% owned · 12.0% no carMarket Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham, Harborough12,174 residents · 82.7% owned · 8.8% no car

Most similar within Ribble Valley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Read, Sabden & Chatburn, Ribble Valley7,808 residents · 76.2% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whalley & Brockhall

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

Tenure

Owned79.4%
2,980 households
Private rented11.4%
426 households
Social rented6.8%
255 households
Shared ownership2.5%
92 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.3%
1,474 households
Semi-detached26.6%
998 households
Terraced24.7%
927 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
247 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.8%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
7 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.4%
1,440 households
1 car or van in household38.2%
1,434 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.6%
587 households
No cars or vans in household7.8%
291 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms36.1%
1,354 households
3 bedrooms33.6%
1,261 households
2 bedrooms25.1%
943 households
1 bedroom5.2%
194 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.5%
2,608 households
One-person household27.3%
1,024 households
Other household types3.1%
118 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.1%
1,391 households
1 person in household27.3%
1,023 households
3 people in household17.2%
646 households
4 people in household13.8%
519 households
5 people in household3.7%
139 households
6 people in household0.6%
22 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,352 residents
15–2914%
1,233 residents
30–4415.8%
1,396 residents
45–6431.8%
2,801 residents
65 and over23%
2,031 residents
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96%
8,458 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
198 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
127 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
18 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.8%
3,152 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,252 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.9%
949 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.7%
788 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
510 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.1%
4,420 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.2%
2,815 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.2%
1,925 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,458 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.7%
936 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
848 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.5%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.8%
4,914 residents
Good health30.1%
2,656 residents
Fair health11%
968 residents
Bad health2.3%
205 residents
Very bad health0.8%
70 residents
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.9%
7,571 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.1%
1,243 residents
Whalley & Brockhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.1%
2,331 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.4%
1,103 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.5%
281 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
37 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Whalley & Brockhall · 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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