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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000156

West Wickham

West Wickham is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,292 residents in Bromley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bromley
12,292

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,862

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,198.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.7%

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.

Cheam High Street, Sutton8,204 residents · 77.2% owned · 17.8% no carBexley Village, Bexley8,209 residents · 79.8% owned · 15.4% no carEastcote, Hillingdon7,727 residents · 79.8% owned · 16.0% no carBillericay Central & Sunnymede, Basildon8,101 residents · 75.7% owned · 11.9% no carWorcester Park West, Epsom and Ewell7,913 residents · 80.2% owned · 12.6% no carUpminster North & Cranham West, Havering6,588 residents · 89.9% owned · 13.7% no car

Most similar within Bromley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hayes South & Coney Hall, Bromley8,108 residents · 84.5% owned · 12.0% no carBickley East, Bromley6,723 residents · 81.5% owned · 14.7% no carChelsfield & Green Street Green, Bromley7,716 residents · 84.1% owned · 11.9% no carCrofton, Bromley8,367 residents · 88.7% owned · 11.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in West Wickham

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

Tenure

Owned82.6%
4,018 households
Private rented11.6%
563 households
Social rented5.3%
258 households
Shared ownership0.5%
22 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.1%
2,288 households
Detached16.8%
817 households
Terraced16.2%
789 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.7%
716 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
122 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%
83 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
17 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.3%
2,152 households
2 cars or vans in household28.9%
1,407 households
No cars or vans in household15.9%
772 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.9%
530 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.9%
1,893 households
3 bedrooms38.2%
1,858 households
2 bedrooms14.4%
701 households
1 bedroom8.4%
409 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.8%
3,397 households
One-person household24.6%
1,195 households
Other household types5.6%
272 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.7%
1,591 households
1 person in household24.6%
1,195 households
4 people in household19%
926 households
3 people in household17.3%
841 households
5 people in household5%
245 households
6 people in household1%
47 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.9%
2,080 residents
15–2914.3%
1,755 residents
30–4416.4%
2,021 residents
45–6428.7%
3,528 residents
65 and over23.7%
2,910 residents
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.2%
10,230 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.1%
749 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.7%
573 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4%
494 residents
Other ethnic group2%
248 residents
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.7%
4,001 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,686 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
1,487 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
1,292 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
910 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
421 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
276 residents aged 16 and over
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
5,900 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.2%
4,050 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
123 residents aged 16 and over
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
2,573 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.2%
2,133 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.2%
1,529 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
775 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
549 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
521 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.8%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
344 residents aged 16 and over
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
6,486 residents
Good health33.2%
4,086 residents
Fair health10.6%
1,301 residents
Bad health2.7%
332 residents
Very bad health0.7%
87 residents
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
10,572 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,721 residents
West Wickham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56%
2,723 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
1,577 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
490 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
65 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
7 households
West Wickham · 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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