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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005381

Desford & Newbold Verdon

Desford & Newbold Verdon is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,874 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,874

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,677

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

202

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.0%

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.

Penkridge & Acton Trussell, South Staffordshire10,921 residents · 74.2% owned · 10.6% no carMulbarton, Tasburgh & Saxlingham Nethergate, South Norfolk10,688 residents · 78.8% owned · 7.4% no carHambleton, Monk Fryston & Byram, Selby7,411 residents · 77.7% owned · 8.6% no carBreadsall, Little Eaton & Stanley Common, Erewash5,806 residents · 79.0% owned · 10.7% no carHarpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke, West Northamptonshire8,609 residents · 77.8% owned · 8.1% no carBayston Hill & Atcham, Shropshire8,422 residents · 76.8% owned · 9.6% no car

Most similar within Hinckley and Bosworth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Markfield & Thornton, Hinckley and Bosworth9,064 residents · 77.9% owned · 10.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Desford & Newbold Verdon

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

Tenure

Owned80%
2,942 households
Social rented10.5%
387 households
Private rented8.5%
312 households
Shared ownership0.9%
33 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached48.9%
1,800 households
Semi-detached36.3%
1,338 households
Terraced10%
369 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
128 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.4%
1,413 households
1 car or van in household36.7%
1,351 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.9%
584 households
No cars or vans in household9%
333 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.4%
1,597 households
4 or more bedrooms34%
1,252 households
2 bedrooms19.9%
732 households
1 bedroom2.7%
100 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%
2,606 households
One-person household25.1%
923 households
Other household types4.1%
152 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.8%
1,466 households
1 person in household25.1%
923 households
3 people in household15.6%
573 households
4 people in household13.7%
503 households
5 people in household4.2%
153 households
6 people in household1.1%
42 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,489 residents
15–2913.4%
1,193 residents
30–4416.9%
1,495 residents
45–6427.2%
2,410 residents
65 and over25.7%
2,284 residents
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.3%
8,366 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
238 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
168 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
65 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
36 residents
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33%
2,398 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.7%
1,286 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,211 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
1,008 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
666 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
491 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.8%
4,133 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.4%
3,016 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,639 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%
877 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
850 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
437 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
354 residents aged 16 and over
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.4%
4,121 residents
Good health35.3%
3,133 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,167 residents
Bad health3.9%
342 residents
Very bad health1.3%
112 residents
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.3%
7,300 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.7%
1,575 residents
Desford & Newbold Verdon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.3%
1,962 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,203 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
446 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
68 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Desford & Newbold Verdon · 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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