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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005357

Sileby

Sileby is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,418 residents in Charnwood. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,418

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,549

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,044.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.9%

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.

Bamber Bridge East, South Ribble7,053 residents · 71.4% owned · 16.1% no carHinckley West, Hinckley and Bosworth9,957 residents · 72.5% owned · 11.8% no carEnderby & Glen Parva, Blaby11,380 residents · 75.7% owned · 13.2% no carStanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat, Wakefield6,929 residents · 69.9% owned · 16.1% no carHucknall North & East, Ashfield10,626 residents · 73.6% owned · 16.6% no carSwadlincote East, South Derbyshire8,076 residents · 69.3% owned · 12.5% no car

Most similar within Charnwood

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Shepshed West, Charnwood7,922 residents · 73.9% owned · 13.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sileby

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

Tenure

Owned72.3%
2,567 households
Private rented16%
567 households
Social rented10.4%
369 households
Shared ownership1.2%
42 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44.9%
1,592 households
Terraced24%
853 households
Detached23%
816 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
208 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
23 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
9 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,493 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,263 households
No cars or vans in household11.9%
421 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.5%
371 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.2%
1,746 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
1,003 households
4 or more bedrooms17.3%
612 households
1 bedroom5.2%
186 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
2,434 households
One-person household27.1%
961 households
Other household types4.3%
153 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.9%
1,274 households
1 person in household27.1%
961 households
3 people in household18.1%
643 households
4 people in household13.3%
472 households
5 people in household4%
143 households
6 people in household1.2%
44 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.9%
1,592 residents
15–2917.2%
1,445 residents
30–4421.7%
1,829 residents
45–6426%
2,192 residents
65 and over16.1%
1,358 residents
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
8,024 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
185 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
27 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
27 residents
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.9%
1,873 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.4%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.6%
1,115 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,013 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
733 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
486 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.7%
4,415 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.1%
2,221 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
83 residents aged 16 and over
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,438 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.4%
965 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.2%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
513 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
404 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.2%
3,975 residents
Good health35.3%
2,973 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,105 residents
Bad health3.5%
296 residents
Very bad health0.8%
70 residents
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
6,904 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,514 residents
Sileby · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.2%
1,887 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,135 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.9%
422 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
100 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sileby · 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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