Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003184

Charminster

Charminster is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,098 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
8,098

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,246

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,655.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.5%

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.

Lipson, Plymouth8,603 residents · 48.2% owned · 28.6% no carLeamington East & Sydenham, Warwick11,244 residents · 50.1% owned · 25.0% no carSouthsea Waverley Road, Portsmouth6,165 residents · 53.0% owned · 29.4% no carNewland Avenues, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,992 residents · 44.5% owned · 37.0% no carNew Town & Hythe, Colchester13,379 residents · 44.7% owned · 29.0% no carBanister Park & Howard Road, Southampton8,266 residents · 42.3% owned · 29.0% no car

Most similar within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Springbourne & Queen's Park, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,436 residents · 47.6% owned · 23.4% no carBoscombe East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,518 residents · 54.0% owned · 25.7% no carWinton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,118 residents · 45.8% owned · 23.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Charminster

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

Tenure

Private rented48%
1,559 households
Owned47.7%
1,547 households
Social rented3.5%
115 households
Shared ownership0.7%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits30.5%
991 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.6%
897 households
Detached26%
845 households
Semi-detached11.2%
365 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
55 households
Terraced1.6%
52 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
37 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.7%
1,482 households
2 cars or vans in household23.7%
770 households
No cars or vans in household21.4%
694 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.2%
300 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms40.9%
1,327 households
4 or more bedrooms25.4%
824 households
1 bedroom18.1%
587 households
3 bedrooms15.7%
508 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.9%
1,718 households
One-person household30.3%
983 households
Other household types16.8%
544 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.9%
1,003 households
1 person in household30.3%
983 households
3 people in household17.6%
572 households
4 people in household11.9%
387 households
5 people in household5.4%
175 households
6 people in household2.6%
83 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,236 residents
15–2929.9%
2,425 residents
30–4424.2%
1,959 residents
45–6420.2%
1,636 residents
65 and over10.4%
842 residents
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.3%
6,583 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.6%
536 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
440 residents
Other ethnic group4.7%
380 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
160 residents
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.5%
2,480 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications24.7%
1,681 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
823 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.1%
822 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
489 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.6%
315 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
3,983 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.1%
2,387 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.2%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students20.1%
1,366 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.8%
1,211 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.1%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.4%
705 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.1%
412 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.2%
4,307 residents
Good health32.7%
2,644 residents
Fair health10.5%
849 residents
Bad health3.1%
247 residents
Very bad health0.6%
51 residents
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.9%
6,872 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.1%
1,226 residents
Charminster · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.1%
1,659 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,098 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
380 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Charminster · 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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