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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005766

Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley

Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,013 residents in Harrogate. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,013

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,675

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.5%

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.

Sheriff Hutton, Slingsby & Swinton, Ryedale9,296 residents · 70.5% owned · 6.3% no carConiston, Broughton & Kirkby, South Lakeland5,552 residents · 75.5% owned · 6.6% no carAskham, Ullswater & Greystoke, Eden5,500 residents · 71.0% owned · 7.5% no carMoretonhampstead, Lustleigh & East Dartmoor, Teignbridge5,743 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.8% no carTisbury, Donhead & Tollard Royal, Wiltshire6,163 residents · 68.0% owned · 9.3% no carNorth Richmondshire, Richmondshire7,497 residents · 72.9% owned · 6.0% no car

Most similar within Harrogate

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Masham, Kirkby Malzeard & North Stainley, Harrogate5,494 residents · 70.0% owned · 7.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley

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

Tenure

Owned73.3%
1,962 households
Private rented18.4%
493 households
Social rented7.6%
204 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached47.3%
1,266 households
Semi-detached26.4%
707 households
Terraced20.1%
538 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.1%
56 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.6%
42 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
9 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.5%
1,003 households
2 cars or vans in household35.7%
954 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.1%
511 households
No cars or vans in household7.8%
208 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.1%
994 households
4 or more bedrooms35.2%
941 households
2 bedrooms23.2%
620 households
1 bedroom4.5%
121 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.3%
1,799 households
One-person household28.3%
757 households
Other household types4.4%
119 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42%
1,124 households
1 person in household28.3%
757 households
3 people in household13.4%
358 households
4 people in household11.4%
304 households
5 people in household3.5%
93 households
6 people in household1.1%
30 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.5%
809 residents
15–2911.6%
695 residents
30–4413.8%
828 residents
45–6432.7%
1,967 residents
65 and over28.5%
1,714 residents
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
5,875 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
70 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
37 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
16 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.5%
1,979 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
890 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
751 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.2%
2,938 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,147 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
53 residents aged 16 and over
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers21.3%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.3%
890 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
520 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.8%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
224 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4%
203 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
2,993 residents
Good health35%
2,104 residents
Fair health11.4%
687 residents
Bad health3.2%
193 residents
Very bad health0.6%
37 residents
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
5,058 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
954 residents
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.5%
1,512 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
898 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
225 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
40 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Pateley Bridge & Nidd Valley · 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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