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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005898

Rainworth & Blidworth

Rainworth & Blidworth is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,365 residents in Newark and Sherwood. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,365

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,936

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

464.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.1%

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.

East Kirkby, Ashfield7,796 residents · 69.1% owned · 20.4% no carWhitwell & Elmton, Bolsover6,186 residents · 68.8% owned · 16.3% no carCornelly, Bridgend7,400 residents · 61.7% owned · 20.8% no carSwadlincote West, South Derbyshire8,687 residents · 69.4% owned · 16.0% no carSarn, Bryn-coch & Bryncethin, Bridgend6,499 residents · 67.2% owned · 18.6% no carAnnesley & Kirkby Woodhouse, Ashfield7,697 residents · 78.5% owned · 14.5% no car

Most similar within Newark and Sherwood

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ollerton & Boughton, Newark and Sherwood11,272 residents · 61.1% owned · 20.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rainworth & Blidworth

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

Tenure

Owned68.7%
3,392 households
Private rented15.3%
756 households
Social rented15.1%
744 households
Shared ownership0.8%
39 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.5%
2,493 households
Detached26.8%
1,321 households
Terraced17.1%
845 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.7%
182 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
46 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
2,090 households
2 cars or vans in household31.2%
1,540 households
No cars or vans in household15%
742 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.4%
565 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms58.6%
2,893 households
2 bedrooms24%
1,184 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
670 households
1 bedroom3.8%
187 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67%
3,306 households
One-person household29.2%
1,441 households
Other household types3.8%
190 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,825 households
1 person in household29.2%
1,441 households
3 people in household17.5%
863 households
4 people in household11.9%
587 households
5 people in household3.5%
174 households
6 people in household0.7%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,944 residents
15–2917%
1,929 residents
30–4418.8%
2,140 residents
45–6428.6%
3,253 residents
65 and over18.5%
2,097 residents
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
11,053 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
148 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
75 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
73 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
18 residents
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.5%
2,088 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.1%
2,052 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
1,795 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,522 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
1,022 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
594 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
224 residents aged 16 and over
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.7%
5,456 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40%
3,719 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
1,592 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.5%
1,536 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
1,444 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
1,114 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.3%
865 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations9.2%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.1%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
432 residents aged 16 and over
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.3%
4,693 residents
Good health34.7%
3,943 residents
Fair health16%
1,821 residents
Bad health6.3%
715 residents
Very bad health1.7%
193 residents
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76%
8,635 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24%
2,730 residents
Rainworth & Blidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.5%
2,147 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,714 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
850 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
215 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
11 households
Rainworth & Blidworth · 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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