Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003177

Moordown

Moordown is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,452 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
8,452

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,288

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,908.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.9%

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.

Penenden Heath, Maidstone9,085 residents · 74.8% owned · 12.4% no carFrimley, Surrey Heath6,442 residents · 68.8% owned · 14.6% no carCaterham North, Tandridge9,517 residents · 72.8% owned · 12.6% no carTilehurst North, Reading8,161 residents · 81.0% owned · 15.1% no carKnaphill, Woking8,342 residents · 69.0% owned · 11.7% no carSandhurst, Bracknell Forest6,939 residents · 79.7% owned · 7.9% no car

Most similar within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Queens Park, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole8,839 residents · 69.2% owned · 14.3% no carLittledown, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,575 residents · 78.5% owned · 11.2% no carIford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole7,600 residents · 71.6% owned · 14.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Moordown

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

Tenure

Owned80%
2,631 households
Private rented18%
593 households
Social rented1.6%
54 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached69.9%
2,298 households
Semi-detached10.9%
357 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8%
262 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.4%
211 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.3%
76 households
Terraced2.1%
68 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.4%
1,297 households
2 cars or vans in household36.4%
1,197 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.6%
446 households
No cars or vans in household10.6%
349 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.5%
1,594 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
783 households
4 or more bedrooms22.2%
729 households
1 bedroom5.5%
182 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70%
2,301 households
One-person household22.5%
740 households
Other household types7.5%
246 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.2%
1,090 households
1 person in household22.5%
741 households
4 people in household18.9%
621 households
3 people in household18.3%
601 households
5 people in household5.7%
189 households
6 people in household1%
33 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,717 residents
15–2914.8%
1,254 residents
30–4420.7%
1,750 residents
45–6427.5%
2,321 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,412 residents
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.2%
7,625 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.1%
344 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
254 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
153 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
76 residents
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.9%
2,115 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.4%
1,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.5%
894 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
701 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
410 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.3%
4,266 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.9%
2,180 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
188 residents aged 16 and over
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,509 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
924 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
923 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
868 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.3%
749 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.7%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
328 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.4%
4,510 residents
Good health32.6%
2,757 residents
Fair health10.5%
884 residents
Bad health2.7%
232 residents
Very bad health0.8%
70 residents
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
7,267 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,186 residents
Moordown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56%
1,840 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,031 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
349 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
62 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Moordown · 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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