Socio-economic statistics for Cloud Side, Staffordshire

If you are thinking of moving to Cloud Side or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Cloud Side to figures for Staffordshire and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Cloud Side is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.

Cloud Side Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics

Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Cloud Side has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.

Grade	Cheshire East	England
AB	29.75%	22.96%
C1	29.98%	30.92%
C2	18.96%	20.64%
DE	21.30%	25.49%

Cloud Side Property Ownership & Rental Statistics

Cloud Side has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Cloud Side is a relatively affluent area.

Tenure	Cheshire East	England
Owned	37.5%	30.6%
Mortgage	37%	32.8%
Shared	0.5%	0.8%
Social Rented (Council)	2.7%	9.4%
Social Rented (Housing Assoc)	8.7%	8.3%
Private Rented	11.4%	15.4%
Other	1.1%	1.4%
Rent Free	1.1%	1.3%

Cloud Side Benefits & Unemployment Statistics

These figures on the claiming of benefits in Cloud Side come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Cloud Side than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.

Benefit	Cheshire East	England
Jobseekers Allowance (only)	2.1%	3.3%
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA)	1.8%	2.4%
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits)	10%	13.5%

Cloud Side Education Statistics

These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Cloud Side and are from the UK Census of 2011. Cloud Side has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Cloud Side also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of Cloud Side are better educated than the average England citizen.

Qualification	Cheshire East	England
No Qualifications	19.6%	22.5%
Level 1	12.1%	13.3%
Level 2	16%	15.2%
Apprenticeship	4.1%	3.6%
Level 3	12.4%	12.4%
Level 4	32%	27.4%
Other	3.8%	5.7%

Cloud Side Age Distribution Statistics

The population of Cloud Side as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of Cloud Side is also older than the average, making Cloud Side a older persons location.

Age	Cheshire East	England
Age 0 to 4	5.5%	6.3%
Age 5 to 9	5.4%	5.6%
Age 10 to14	5.8%	5.8%
Age 15 to 17	3.7%	3.7%
Age 18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
Age 25 to 29	5.1%	6.9%
Age 30 to 44	19.5%	20.6%
Age 45 to 59	21.4%	19.4%
Age 60 to 64	7.1%	6%
Age 65 to 74	10.3%	8.6%
Age 75 to 84	6.4%	5.5%
Age 85 and over	2.6%	2.3%
Mean Age	42	39.3
Median Age	43	39

Cloud Side Immigration Statistics

These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Cloud Side are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Cloud Side has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.

Country	Cheshire East	England
United Kingdom	94.5%	86.2%
Rebublic of Ireland	0.5%	0.7%
Other EU Countries	2.3%	3.7%
Outside the EU	2.7%	9.4%

Cloud Side General Health Statistics

The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Cloud Side. The percentage of residents in Cloud Side rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Cloud Side rating their health as 'very bad' is less than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Cloud Side is generally better than in the average person in England.

Health	Cheshire East	England
Very Good	49.06%	47.17%
Good	33.25%	34.22%
Fair	12.78%	13.12%
Bad	3.85%	4.25%
Very Bad	1.06%	1.25%

Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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