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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003311

Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road

Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,304 residents in Thurrock. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Thurrock
9,304

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,442

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,469

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.0%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road

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

Tenure

Owned56.9%
1,957 households
Private rented33.6%
1,158 households
Social rented8.7%
298 households
Shared ownership0.8%
27 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.1%
1,449 households
Semi-detached19.9%
686 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.6%
641 households
Detached14%
482 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.4%
116 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
48 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.2%
1,625 households
2 cars or vans in household24.2%
834 households
No cars or vans in household21.5%
739 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
244 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.8%
1,232 households
2 bedrooms34.2%
1,176 households
4 or more bedrooms15.3%
525 households
1 bedroom14.8%
509 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.5%
2,185 households
One-person household24.7%
851 households
Other household types11.8%
407 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.7%
989 households
1 person in household24.7%
851 households
3 people in household19.8%
680 households
4 people in household16.4%
566 households
5 people in household6.8%
235 households
6 people in household2.3%
80 households
7 people in household0.6%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,791 residents
15–2918.6%
1,728 residents
30–4426.3%
2,445 residents
45–6424.4%
2,269 residents
65 and over11.5%
1,070 residents
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White67.5%
6,277 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.1%
1,311 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.7%
1,089 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
326 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
295 residents
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30%
2,225 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.4%
1,584 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
1,097 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
942 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
912 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.5%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66%
4,891 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.1%
2,305 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
219 residents aged 16 and over
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,330 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
1,248 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.2%
833 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.7%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.9%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.3%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
4,614 residents
Good health34.5%
3,207 residents
Fair health11.6%
1,076 residents
Bad health3.4%
317 residents
Very bad health1%
92 residents
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
8,059 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,245 residents
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
1,713 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,185 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.8%
440 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road · 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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