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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003316

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,142 residents in Medway. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Medway
12,142

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,667

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

433.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Iwade & Kemsley, Swale14,037 residents · 70.9% owned · 10.1% no carBorden & The Meads, Swale12,756 residents · 71.7% owned · 12.0% no carSilver End & Stisted, Braintree10,611 residents · 65.7% owned · 12.0% no carKingswood, Langley Heath & Chart Sutton, Maidstone11,970 residents · 72.5% owned · 8.6% no carAylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill, Tonbridge and Malling12,104 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.2% no carStockmoor & North Petherton, Sedgemoor11,665 residents · 70.6% owned · 9.1% no car

Most similar within Medway

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cuxton & Halling, Medway6,602 residents · 81.5% owned · 9.5% no carWainscott & City Estate, Medway7,079 residents · 73.2% owned · 13.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow

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

Tenure

Owned74.6%
3,481 households
Social rented12.1%
567 households
Private rented10.8%
504 households
Shared ownership2.5%
115 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.4%
2,211 households
Detached21.7%
1,013 households
Terraced20.4%
951 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.3%
432 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
6 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.6%
1,802 households
1 car or van in household35.3%
1,646 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.4%
765 households
No cars or vans in household9.7%
451 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.8%
2,230 households
4 or more bedrooms24.3%
1,135 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
1,112 households
1 bedroom4%
187 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.7%
3,346 households
One-person household21.5%
1,005 households
Other household types6.7%
313 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.3%
1,554 households
1 person in household21.5%
1,005 households
3 people in household19.8%
925 households
4 people in household17.3%
805 households
5 people in household5.6%
263 households
6 people in household1.8%
83 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.2%
2,455 residents
15–2917.1%
2,081 residents
30–4420.9%
2,532 residents
45–6425.1%
3,047 residents
65 and over16.7%
2,027 residents
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.7%
11,129 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.7%
453 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
295 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
198 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
62 residents
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
2,203 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.8%
1,988 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.9%
1,709 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
1,583 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
1,171 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
630 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.8%
6,189 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.5%
3,198 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,976 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.5%
1,383 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
1,138 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.8%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
525 residents aged 16 and over
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
6,067 residents
Good health34.9%
4,235 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,352 residents
Bad health3.2%
385 residents
Very bad health0.8%
102 residents
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.9%
10,312 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.1%
1,830 residents
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.4%
2,352 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
1,579 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
611 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
112 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
10 households
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · 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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