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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000089

Hermitage & Whitegate

Hermitage & Whitegate is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,612 residents in Wrexham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wrexham
8,612

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,930

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,093.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.4%

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.

Newgate & Carr Bank, Mansfield8,435 residents · 39.6% owned · 36.4% no carGipsyville, Kingston upon Hull, City of10,739 residents · 42.2% owned · 36.8% no carDukinfield West, Tameside8,042 residents · 52.1% owned · 29.8% no carBracebridge North & Boultham Moor, Lincoln8,054 residents · 40.1% owned · 34.4% no carHeywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no carTown North & Newbold on Avon, Rugby7,273 residents · 41.3% owned · 32.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hermitage & Whitegate

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

Tenure

Owned39.8%
1,563 households
Social rented33.2%
1,303 households
Private rented26.2%
1,028 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0.4%
16 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached28%
1,100 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.7%
1,090 households
Terraced27.3%
1,074 households
Detached13.7%
539 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
52 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,703 households
No cars or vans in household32.7%
1,284 households
2 cars or vans in household19.6%
771 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.4%
174 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms37.9%
1,491 households
3 bedrooms35.5%
1,395 households
1 bedroom17.6%
693 households
4 or more bedrooms8.9%
351 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.5%
2,221 households
One-person household37%
1,455 households
Other household types6.5%
255 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.1%
1,457 households
2 people in household30.7%
1,207 households
3 people in household16.9%
665 households
4 people in household10.4%
407 households
5 people in household3.7%
145 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,639 residents
15–2918.4%
1,588 residents
30–4422.9%
1,971 residents
45–6424.9%
2,141 residents
65 and over14.8%
1,271 residents
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93%
8,010 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
245 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
137 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
117 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
102 residents
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.2%
1,868 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.4%
1,608 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
947 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.1%
899 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
746 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
488 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.7%
324 residents aged 16 and over
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
4,088 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.6%
2,654 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations25.9%
1,783 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.4%
1,061 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.8%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.5%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
508 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.1%
348 residents aged 16 and over
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.2%
3,722 residents
Good health34.6%
2,983 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,268 residents
Bad health5.8%
502 residents
Very bad health1.6%
138 residents
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.5%
6,763 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.5%
1,849 residents
Hermitage & Whitegate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.6%
1,516 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,362 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.1%
749 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
283 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
20 households
Hermitage & Whitegate · 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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