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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003217

Moredon

Moredon is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,386 residents in Swindon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swindon
7,386

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,020

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,819.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.2%

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.

Wayfield, Medway8,090 residents · 59.1% owned · 21.4% no carYeovil Milford Park, South Somerset7,865 residents · 49.0% owned · 23.5% no carStockingford, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,317 residents · 61.2% owned · 21.6% no carBocking, Braintree7,451 residents · 51.4% owned · 22.1% no carTomkinson Road, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,491 residents · 59.6% owned · 25.1% no carBurntwood Chasetown, Lichfield5,728 residents · 56.3% owned · 18.5% no car

Most similar within Swindon

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Freshbrook South & Toothill, Swindon8,738 residents · 56.1% owned · 23.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Moredon

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

Tenure

Owned59.1%
1,784 households
Social rented26.3%
794 households
Private rented13.3%
402 households
Shared ownership1.2%
36 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35%
1,056 households
Terraced32%
965 households
Detached15.5%
466 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.3%
461 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
47 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,253 households
2 cars or vans in household26.8%
809 households
No cars or vans in household22.5%
678 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.3%
280 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48%
1,449 households
2 bedrooms20.9%
631 households
4 or more bedrooms16.2%
489 households
1 bedroom14.9%
451 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.1%
1,906 households
One-person household30.5%
920 households
Other household types6.4%
194 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.3%
944 households
1 person in household30.5%
920 households
3 people in household15.1%
454 households
4 people in household15%
452 households
5 people in household5.4%
164 households
6 people in household1.5%
45 households
7 people in household0.8%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,496 residents
15–2916.6%
1,227 residents
30–4421.3%
1,571 residents
45–6424.9%
1,839 residents
65 and over17%
1,254 residents
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.9%
6,494 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
372 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.4%
248 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%
206 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
65 residents
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications21.9%
1,268 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.2%
1,230 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17%
985 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.5%
839 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.1%
3,477 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.7%
2,240 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
71 residents aged 16 and over
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
948 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.4%
890 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.1%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.8%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
3,206 residents
Good health35.2%
2,597 residents
Fair health15%
1,111 residents
Bad health4.9%
364 residents
Very bad health1.5%
108 residents
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.5%
5,801 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.5%
1,585 residents
Moredon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.9%
1,205 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
1,098 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.8%
538 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
172 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Moredon · 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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