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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003198

Canford Heath East

Canford Heath East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,550 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
7,550

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,054

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,935.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.7%

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.

Lordswood, Medway7,916 residents · 76.4% owned · 11.5% no carCadbury Heath South & North Common, South Gloucestershire10,345 residents · 70.4% owned · 12.5% no carNorth Worle, North Somerset9,287 residents · 77.0% owned · 10.2% no carTownhill Park, Southampton5,751 residents · 72.2% owned · 15.2% no carWestbury North & West, Wiltshire7,841 residents · 67.0% owned · 11.9% no carWestfield, Bath and North East Somerset6,543 residents · 73.3% owned · 10.8% no car

Most similar within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Throop & Muscliffe, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,431 residents · 69.9% owned · 11.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Canford Heath East

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

Tenure

Owned70.1%
2,142 households
Private rented19.4%
591 households
Social rented9.5%
290 households
Shared ownership1%
31 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached34.2%
1,044 households
Detached28.5%
869 households
Terraced23.9%
730 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.4%
379 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,285 households
2 cars or vans in household34.8%
1,063 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
359 households
No cars or vans in household11.3%
344 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45%
1,374 households
2 bedrooms26.6%
812 households
4 or more bedrooms17.9%
546 households
1 bedroom10.5%
322 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.5%
2,124 households
One-person household24.7%
754 households
Other household types5.8%
178 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.6%
1,087 households
1 person in household24.7%
754 households
3 people in household18%
549 households
4 people in household15.8%
482 households
5 people in household4.4%
135 households
6 people in household1.2%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,397 residents
15–2916%
1,204 residents
30–4422.2%
1,678 residents
45–6426.2%
1,975 residents
65 and over17.1%
1,293 residents
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.8%
7,160 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
188 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
130 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
37 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
35 residents
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.7%
1,433 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20%
1,213 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications18.1%
1,098 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
929 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
753 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.8%
3,927 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.3%
2,021 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
114 residents aged 16 and over
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
1,154 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.6%
948 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.8%
777 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.3%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
293 residents aged 16 and over
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
3,634 residents
Good health35.2%
2,659 residents
Fair health12.2%
921 residents
Bad health3.5%
266 residents
Very bad health0.9%
71 residents
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.3%
6,216 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.7%
1,336 residents
Canford Heath East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49%
1,497 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
1,098 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.4%
378 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Canford Heath East · 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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