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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000075

Bursted Wood

Bursted Wood is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,986 residents in Bexley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bexley
7,986

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,149

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,201.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.8%

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.

Hacton, Havering7,579 residents · 87.7% owned · 14.7% no carRise Park, Havering7,820 residents · 89.8% owned · 11.5% no carRomford East, Havering9,535 residents · 84.5% owned · 13.7% no carElm Park East, Havering7,355 residents · 81.0% owned · 20.5% no carAlkrington, Rochdale9,903 residents · 81.1% owned · 16.4% no carHylands, Havering8,492 residents · 81.9% owned · 15.6% no car

Most similar within Bexley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Barnehurst North, Bexley7,933 residents · 83.6% owned · 15.6% no carBostall, Bexley10,726 residents · 87.0% owned · 14.8% no carDanson Park, Bexley11,115 residents · 83.9% owned · 14.1% no carLonglands & Halfway, Bexley7,869 residents · 86.3% owned · 13.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bursted Wood

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

Tenure

Owned84.6%
2,664 households
Private rented9.5%
298 households
Social rented5.7%
180 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68.5%
2,157 households
Terraced13.2%
415 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%
254 households
Detached7.5%
235 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
48 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
33 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,401 households
2 cars or vans in household28.3%
891 households
No cars or vans in household16%
505 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.2%
352 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.3%
1,551 households
4 or more bedrooms27%
849 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
663 households
1 bedroom2.7%
86 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.2%
2,210 households
One-person household23.1%
727 households
Other household types6.7%
212 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.1%
1,074 households
1 person in household23.1%
727 households
3 people in household18.9%
595 households
4 people in household16.4%
518 households
5 people in household5.6%
177 households
6 people in household1.4%
44 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,300 residents
15–2914.7%
1,176 residents
30–4418.7%
1,492 residents
45–6426.6%
2,123 residents
65 and over23.7%
1,891 residents
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.3%
6,331 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.9%
871 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.6%
370 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
216 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
195 residents
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.8%
1,900 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.6%
1,230 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,120 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
710 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
416 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
3,844 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,668 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,404 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations17.3%
1,141 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.6%
964 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
549 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
430 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
348 residents aged 16 and over
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
3,939 residents
Good health34.5%
2,758 residents
Fair health12.2%
976 residents
Bad health2.9%
231 residents
Very bad health1%
82 residents
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
6,840 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
1,146 residents
Bursted Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.7%
1,597 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,114 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
382 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
52 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Bursted Wood · 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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