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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000699

Wimbledon Chase

Wimbledon Chase is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,214 residents in Merton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Merton
8,214

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,262

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,825.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.3%

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.

South Ealing, Ealing6,761 residents · 54.3% owned · 36.5% no carSouthfields North, Wandsworth9,686 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.7% no carNorthfields, Ealing8,167 residents · 59.9% owned · 32.8% no carTwickenham North, Richmond upon Thames7,015 residents · 70.9% owned · 20.8% no carBedford Park, Ealing6,950 residents · 61.2% owned · 34.6% no carNorth Sheen, Richmond upon Thames12,086 residents · 51.9% owned · 30.9% no car

Most similar within Merton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

South Wimbledon, Merton9,103 residents · 52.6% owned · 39.2% no carWimbledon Park & Durnsford Road, Merton9,054 residents · 58.9% owned · 32.1% no carWimbledon Broadway North, Merton7,355 residents · 53.0% owned · 38.0% no carWimbledon Broadway South, Merton8,728 residents · 53.0% owned · 42.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wimbledon Chase

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

Tenure

Owned63.7%
2,077 households
Private rented31.3%
1,022 households
Social rented4.7%
152 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced38.7%
1,262 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.5%
670 households
Semi-detached18.1%
591 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.9%
585 households
Detached3%
98 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
26 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household55%
1,795 households
No cars or vans in household30.8%
1,004 households
2 cars or vans in household11.8%
386 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.4%
77 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms30%
978 households
2 bedrooms28.1%
916 households
4 or more bedrooms27%
881 households
1 bedroom14.9%
487 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.1%
2,154 households
One-person household24.5%
798 households
Other household types9.4%
306 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
1,050 households
1 person in household24.5%
798 households
3 people in household18.6%
606 households
4 people in household18.2%
594 households
5 people in household5.2%
171 households
6 people in household0.9%
30 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,686 residents
15–2914.8%
1,219 residents
30–4429.1%
2,390 residents
45–6423.3%
1,917 residents
65 and over12.2%
1,001 residents
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.9%
5,898 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.1%
1,323 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
582 residents
Other ethnic group3%
246 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
159 residents
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.3%
4,271 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.5%
678 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.4%
479 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.8%
437 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.1%
265 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
158 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72%
4,636 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.8%
1,725 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations32.9%
2,119 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.5%
1,707 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.3%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
345 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4.5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
283 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.7%
241 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.1%
4,933 residents
Good health30.7%
2,518 residents
Fair health7.2%
595 residents
Bad health1.5%
126 residents
Very bad health0.5%
42 residents
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.4%
7,427 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.6%
787 residents
Wimbledon Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64%
2,087 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.7%
902 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.5%
244 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
27 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Wimbledon Chase · 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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