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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005822

Sutton Forest Side & New Cross

Sutton Forest Side & New Cross is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,279 residents in Ashfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,279

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,318

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,773.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.1%

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.

Scunthorpe Lakeside, North Lincolnshire8,825 residents · 52.6% owned · 26.7% no carLeigh West, Wigan8,321 residents · 57.3% owned · 25.2% no carPlatt Bridge & Spring View, Wigan9,227 residents · 55.1% owned · 25.9% no carTomkinson Road, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,491 residents · 59.6% owned · 25.1% no carGolborne, Wigan8,267 residents · 60.9% owned · 21.1% no carWheatley & Ovenden West, Calderdale7,780 residents · 56.2% owned · 31.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sutton Forest Side & New Cross

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

Tenure

Owned54.9%
2,370 households
Private rented29.2%
1,262 households
Social rented15.2%
658 households
Shared ownership0.4%
17 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40%
1,728 households
Terraced32%
1,379 households
Detached18.1%
780 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.5%
282 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
62 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
56 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,789 households
No cars or vans in household26.8%
1,155 households
2 cars or vans in household24.6%
1,061 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.2%
311 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.4%
2,261 households
2 bedrooms26.7%
1,154 households
4 or more bedrooms13%
563 households
1 bedroom7.8%
338 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
2,776 households
One-person household30.2%
1,305 households
Other household types5.5%
236 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.9%
1,419 households
1 person in household30.2%
1,305 households
3 people in household18.1%
780 households
4 people in household13%
561 households
5 people in household4.1%
178 households
6 people in household1.3%
55 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.8%
2,038 residents
15–2918.9%
1,944 residents
30–4422.2%
2,286 residents
45–6425.4%
2,609 residents
65 and over13.6%
1,403 residents
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.7%
9,636 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
253 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
178 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
138 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
79 residents
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.9%
1,940 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.1%
1,627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
1,402 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.8%
1,365 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
528 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
5,040 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.2%
2,935 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.5%
1,745 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.2%
1,397 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
838 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
811 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
618 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
399 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.7%
4,392 residents
Good health34.5%
3,546 residents
Fair health15.4%
1,581 residents
Bad health5.7%
585 residents
Very bad health1.7%
175 residents
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.9%
8,010 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.1%
2,269 residents
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.1%
1,776 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,510 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
794 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
221 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
15 households
Sutton Forest Side & New Cross · 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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