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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003221

Gorse Hill

Gorse Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,295 residents in Swindon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swindon
7,295

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,881

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,631.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.2%

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.

Redditch Town & Abbeydale, Redditch7,018 residents · 39.0% owned · 32.9% no carBurton Shobnall, East Staffordshire8,470 residents · 45.0% owned · 31.8% no carBanbury Neithrop, Cherwell6,015 residents · 52.3% owned · 23.7% no carKingsbrook, Bedford10,684 residents · 45.9% owned · 26.8% no carBurton Eton Park, East Staffordshire8,057 residents · 52.1% owned · 24.7% no carBletchley East, Milton Keynes8,468 residents · 61.2% owned · 24.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gorse Hill

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

Tenure

Owned55.6%
1,601 households
Private rented26.2%
754 households
Social rented17.8%
512 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Shared ownership0.1%
4 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced54.6%
1,573 households
Semi-detached22.6%
652 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.6%
364 households
Detached4.1%
117 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.4%
98 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
51 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,268 households
No cars or vans in household29.6%
852 households
2 cars or vans in household20.2%
582 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.3%
181 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.3%
1,334 households
2 bedrooms31.5%
907 households
1 bedroom16%
461 households
4 or more bedrooms6.3%
181 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.9%
1,613 households
One-person household31.7%
913 households
Other household types12.4%
357 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.7%
913 households
2 people in household27%
779 households
3 people in household17%
490 households
4 people in household13.2%
380 households
5 people in household6.6%
189 households
6 people in household2.8%
82 households
8 or more people in household1%
28 households
7 people in household0.7%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.1%
1,317 residents
15–2918.2%
1,328 residents
30–4424.2%
1,763 residents
45–6426.6%
1,941 residents
65 and over13%
947 residents
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White65.5%
4,776 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26.8%
1,958 residents
Other ethnic group2.9%
209 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
181 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
171 residents
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.3%
1,429 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.2%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications17%
999 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
878 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.5%
739 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
363 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.9%
291 residents aged 16 and over
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.3%
3,845 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.7%
1,926 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations25%
1,474 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.7%
926 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
767 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.8%
3,198 residents
Good health37%
2,701 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,007 residents
Bad health4.1%
297 residents
Very bad health1.3%
95 residents
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
6,099 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,196 residents
Gorse Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.2%
1,101 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
1,076 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.3%
527 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.8%
167 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Gorse Hill · 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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