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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003178

East Howe & Ensbury Park

East Howe & Ensbury Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,755 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
8,755

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,545

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,359.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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.

Silverhill, Hastings8,796 residents · 63.8% owned · 24.1% no carParson's Heath, Colchester14,114 residents · 71.4% owned · 18.7% no carBitterne East, Southampton8,086 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.2% no carHerne Bay South & Greenhill, Canterbury8,960 residents · 72.1% owned · 19.0% no carBlenheim Park, Southend-on-Sea10,994 residents · 67.7% owned · 19.6% no carBurton Winshill, East Staffordshire8,387 residents · 62.7% owned · 20.6% no car

Most similar within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rossmore, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,404 residents · 64.0% owned · 15.4% no carNewtown, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole11,161 residents · 62.4% owned · 19.0% no carOakdale East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,291 residents · 65.0% owned · 16.8% no carHamworthy East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,781 residents · 62.6% owned · 17.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in East Howe & Ensbury Park

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

Tenure

Owned63.5%
2,251 households
Private rented21.4%
758 households
Social rented14.4%
511 households
Shared ownership0.5%
19 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.3%
1,784 households
Semi-detached22%
781 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.1%
500 households
Terraced7.5%
266 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5%
179 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.3%
1,463 households
2 cars or vans in household30.5%
1,082 households
No cars or vans in household17.5%
620 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.7%
381 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.3%
1,570 households
2 bedrooms28%
993 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
553 households
1 bedroom12.1%
430 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.8%
2,155 households
One-person household28.1%
998 households
Other household types11.1%
393 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
1,142 households
1 person in household28.2%
999 households
3 people in household16.8%
596 households
4 people in household14.9%
527 households
5 people in household5.4%
190 households
6 people in household1.9%
68 households
7 people in household0.6%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,561 residents
15–2920.4%
1,789 residents
30–4418.6%
1,625 residents
45–6424.9%
2,183 residents
65 and over18.2%
1,595 residents
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.1%
7,976 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
296 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.1%
275 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
109 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.2%
103 residents
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
1,700 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.5%
1,531 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.7%
1,331 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
791 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
213 residents aged 16 and over
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.3%
3,860 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,970 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.9%
280 residents aged 16 and over
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
1,065 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.1%
857 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.4%
809 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
808 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
645 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.2%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
430 residents aged 16 and over
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46%
4,031 residents
Good health33.9%
2,972 residents
Fair health13.9%
1,218 residents
Bad health4.5%
396 residents
Very bad health1.6%
138 residents
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5%
6,963 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.5%
1,794 residents
East Howe & Ensbury Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.9%
1,522 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,223 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
617 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
167 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
17 households
East Howe & Ensbury Park · 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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