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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006040

Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch

Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,781 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
7,781

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,167

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.4%

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.

Fownhope, Tarrington & Marcle, Herefordshire, County of6,600 residents · 71.9% owned · 7.0% no carHesket, Lazonby & Skelton, Eden6,252 residents · 75.3% owned · 5.4% no carPilton, Butleigh & Alhampton, Mendip6,933 residents · 78.1% owned · 4.6% no carBampton, Holcombe & Westleigh, Mid Devon6,803 residents · 75.2% owned · 6.5% no carDoveridge, Brailsford & Bradley, Derbyshire Dales8,264 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no carWaltham, Wymondham & Great Dalby, Melton6,871 residents · 71.1% owned · 5.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch

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

Tenure

Owned72.2%
2,287 households
Private rented19.6%
621 households
Social rented7.6%
240 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached60.8%
1,925 households
Semi-detached27.1%
858 households
Terraced6.9%
218 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.1%
68 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.9%
60 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
4 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.6%
1,222 households
1 car or van in household32.6%
1,033 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.6%
716 households
No cars or vans in household6.2%
196 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms37.7%
1,195 households
3 bedrooms37.5%
1,189 households
2 bedrooms19.9%
630 households
1 bedroom4.8%
153 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69%
2,182 households
One-person household24.6%
778 households
Other household types6.4%
203 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43%
1,361 households
1 person in household24.6%
780 households
3 people in household14.6%
461 households
4 people in household11.7%
371 households
5 people in household3.5%
111 households
6 people in household1.1%
35 households
7 people in household1%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514%
1,091 residents
15–2914%
1,086 residents
30–4413.9%
1,084 residents
45–6432.2%
2,502 residents
65 and over25.9%
2,018 residents
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.1%
7,403 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.3%
257 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
87 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
13 residents
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.4%
2,599 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,109 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.3%
947 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
558 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58%
3,831 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
2,681 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers20.8%
1,371 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,092 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.8%
579 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.3%
417 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.3%
3,916 residents
Good health34.4%
2,674 residents
Fair health11.2%
869 residents
Bad health3.4%
263 residents
Very bad health0.8%
59 residents
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.9%
6,527 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.1%
1,254 residents
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.9%
1,772 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
1,040 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%
307 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch · 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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