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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005832

Hucknall Town

Hucknall Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,301 residents in Ashfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,301

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,282

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,659.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.5%

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.

Ilkeston Town, Erewash9,737 residents · 57.7% owned · 29.1% no carDenton North, Tameside6,371 residents · 59.5% owned · 28.2% no carDaybrook, Gedling6,679 residents · 58.2% owned · 31.2% no carChorley East, Chorley7,242 residents · 57.4% owned · 27.3% no carDukinfield West, Tameside8,042 residents · 52.1% owned · 29.8% no carTonge, Bolton9,178 residents · 54.7% owned · 30.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hucknall Town

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

Tenure

Owned54%
2,313 households
Private rented29.8%
1,276 households
Social rented15.6%
668 households
Shared ownership0.3%
14 households
Lives rent free0.3%
11 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.6%
1,905 households
Semi-detached25.7%
1,097 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.2%
563 households
Detached12%
512 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.4%
101 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
68 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.2%
1,847 households
No cars or vans in household31.7%
1,356 households
2 cars or vans in household19.8%
848 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.3%
226 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.1%
1,885 households
2 bedrooms34.2%
1,464 households
1 bedroom11.7%
499 households
4 or more bedrooms10.1%
430 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.4%
2,497 households
One-person household37%
1,583 households
Other household types4.6%
196 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37%
1,584 households
2 people in household32.6%
1,392 households
3 people in household15.5%
663 households
4 people in household10.5%
447 households
5 people in household3.2%
138 households
6 people in household0.8%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,587 residents
15–2919.4%
1,801 residents
30–4421%
1,949 residents
45–6426.1%
2,431 residents
65 and over16.5%
1,530 residents
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.6%
8,610 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
242 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
196 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
180 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
73 residents
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.9%
1,741 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.5%
1,714 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,406 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
946 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
199 residents aged 16 and over
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.3%
4,657 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.1%
2,819 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.3%
1,391 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.6%
1,338 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.7%
1,192 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
922 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.8%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
551 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.5%
3,954 residents
Good health34.7%
3,230 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,495 residents
Bad health5.2%
479 residents
Very bad health1.5%
141 residents
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.8%
7,234 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.2%
2,066 residents
Hucknall Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.9%
1,834 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,426 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.6%
797 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
208 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
Hucknall Town · 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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