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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005308

Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington

Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,505 residents in West Lancashire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,505

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,787

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

205.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.6%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington

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

Tenure

Owned86.3%
2,406 households
Private rented9.1%
255 households
Social rented3.6%
100 households
Shared ownership0.9%
25 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.5%
1,407 households
Semi-detached36.2%
1,010 households
Terraced10.3%
287 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.3%
64 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.4%
1,154 households
1 car or van in household35.5%
988 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.3%
453 households
No cars or vans in household6.9%
191 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.3%
1,233 households
4 or more bedrooms36.1%
1,004 households
2 bedrooms16.6%
463 households
1 bedroom3%
84 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.1%
1,953 households
One-person household25.7%
717 households
Other household types4.2%
116 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.3%
1,124 households
1 person in household25.7%
717 households
3 people in household16.5%
461 households
4 people in household13.6%
380 households
5 people in household3.3%
92 households
6 people in household0.5%
13 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
882 residents
15–2912.7%
827 residents
30–4413.6%
886 residents
45–6431.5%
2,052 residents
65 and over28.6%
1,858 residents
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
6,324 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
86 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
68 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
13 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.6%
2,414 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
867 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.6%
698 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
689 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.2%
3,056 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,373 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.4%
1,517 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.9%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
319 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
299 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
3,450 residents
Good health32.1%
2,086 residents
Fair health10.9%
706 residents
Bad health3.2%
211 residents
Very bad health0.8%
49 residents
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
5,470 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,031 residents
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.8%
1,665 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
845 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
234 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington · 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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