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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000228

Sanderstead

Sanderstead is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,956 residents in Croydon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Croydon
7,956

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,008

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,542

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.6%

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.

Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road, Sutton7,776 residents · 86.6% owned · 9.8% no carEwell East, Epsom and Ewell11,786 residents · 80.2% owned · 11.0% no carBelmont & South Cheam, Sutton8,722 residents · 81.1% owned · 11.5% no carLangley Park, Bromley8,190 residents · 81.0% owned · 14.8% no carWest Blatchington, Brighton and Hove7,584 residents · 80.5% owned · 10.8% no carShenfield & Hutton Mount, Brentwood10,618 residents · 84.9% owned · 9.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sanderstead

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

Tenure

Owned87.9%
2,643 households
Private rented9.6%
289 households
Social rented2.3%
70 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached55%
1,653 households
Semi-detached28.8%
865 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.9%
388 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
36 households
Terraced1%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.1%
1,236 households
2 cars or vans in household34.3%
1,032 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.4%
403 households
No cars or vans in household11.1%
334 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms52.8%
1,588 households
3 bedrooms29.5%
886 households
2 bedrooms12.8%
386 households
1 bedroom4.9%
147 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.1%
2,168 households
One-person household20.9%
627 households
Other household types7.1%
212 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.4%
1,034 households
1 person in household20.9%
627 households
4 people in household18.5%
555 households
3 people in household18.3%
549 households
5 people in household6.1%
182 households
6 people in household1.4%
42 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,460 residents
15–2912.5%
991 residents
30–4418%
1,432 residents
45–6426.8%
2,131 residents
65 and over24.4%
1,941 residents
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.7%
5,627 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16%
1,273 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.1%
485 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%
429 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
142 residents
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.6%
3,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
956 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
821 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
3,733 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.5%
2,589 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
72 residents aged 16 and over
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.1%
1,670 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.8%
1,648 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
724 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.1%
393 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
319 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.3%
209 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.7%
4,351 residents
Good health32.5%
2,588 residents
Fair health10.1%
802 residents
Bad health2.1%
164 residents
Very bad health0.6%
51 residents
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87%
6,923 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13%
1,036 residents
Sanderstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62%
1,863 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.4%
885 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
235 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.7%
20 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sanderstead · 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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