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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006834

Top Valley East

Top Valley East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,632 residents in Nottingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Nottingham
7,632

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,515

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,722.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.8%

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.

Chelmsley Wood West, Solihull5,923 residents · 38.1% owned · 40.9% no carHerdings & Gleadless Valley, Sheffield6,015 residents · 39.8% owned · 45.3% no carHawkesley, Birmingham7,581 residents · 40.1% owned · 36.5% no carChelmsley Wood East, Solihull9,583 residents · 42.4% owned · 37.6% no carWoodgate, Birmingham6,818 residents · 50.1% owned · 33.1% no carWoodhouse West, Sheffield5,823 residents · 47.2% owned · 36.6% no car

Most similar within Nottingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bulwell West, Nottingham8,695 residents · 43.8% owned · 40.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Top Valley East

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

Tenure

Owned44.4%
1,561 households
Social rented41.8%
1,469 households
Private rented13.3%
466 households
Lives rent free0.4%
15 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.9%
1,436 households
Terraced30%
1,056 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement24.2%
850 households
Detached3.9%
138 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household42.1%
1,481 households
1 car or van in household39.9%
1,403 households
2 cars or vans in household14.6%
512 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.4%
119 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.9%
1,861 households
1 bedroom25.1%
884 households
2 bedrooms15.9%
560 households
4 or more bedrooms6.1%
213 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.6%
1,848 households
One-person household42.4%
1,492 households
Other household types5%
175 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.4%
1,492 households
2 people in household27.1%
954 households
3 people in household13.4%
471 households
4 people in household10.3%
363 households
5 people in household4%
142 households
6 people in household1.3%
47 households
7 people in household1.1%
40 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,487 residents
15–2917.4%
1,331 residents
30–4419.9%
1,520 residents
45–6424.8%
1,892 residents
65 and over18.4%
1,401 residents
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.7%
6,082 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.8%
821 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7%
534 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
147 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
47 residents
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.1%
1,753 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.8%
1,074 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
923 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
894 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.6%
818 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
373 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.3%
3,272 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
2,637 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.3%
1,344 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.9%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.3%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
629 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.4%
387 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
373 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.2%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.7%
3,108 residents
Good health31.9%
2,432 residents
Fair health17.2%
1,310 residents
Bad health7.7%
590 residents
Very bad health2.5%
192 residents
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.7%
5,700 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.3%
1,932 residents
Top Valley East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,209 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.8%
1,116 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.3%
855 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.2%
325 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Top Valley East · 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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