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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003317

Wainscott & City Estate

Wainscott & City Estate is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,079 residents in Medway. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Medway
7,079

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,757

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,443.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.7%

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.

Highfield & Willesborough, Ashford9,563 residents · 74.4% owned · 14.3% no carLarkfield & New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling12,716 residents · 73.3% owned · 12.5% no carBorden & The Meads, Swale12,756 residents · 71.7% owned · 12.0% no carDitton, Tonbridge and Malling9,442 residents · 67.5% owned · 14.3% no carBearwood, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5,924 residents · 74.1% owned · 8.6% no carHillmorton, Rugby10,214 residents · 73.2% owned · 14.8% no car

Most similar within Medway

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Horsted, Medway7,086 residents · 76.9% owned · 15.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wainscott & City Estate

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

Tenure

Owned73.2%
2,019 households
Social rented13.4%
370 households
Private rented11.6%
319 households
Shared ownership1.7%
48 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.6%
1,259 households
Terraced22.8%
630 households
Detached19.7%
543 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.1%
305 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.2%
1,025 households
1 car or van in household36.9%
1,016 households
No cars or vans in household13%
359 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.9%
357 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.6%
1,314 households
2 bedrooms24%
663 households
4 or more bedrooms23.9%
659 households
1 bedroom4.5%
124 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.7%
1,921 households
One-person household23.9%
659 households
Other household types6.4%
176 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
904 households
1 person in household23.9%
658 households
3 people in household18.7%
515 households
4 people in household17.5%
482 households
5 people in household5.3%
145 households
6 people in household1.5%
40 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
1,366 residents
15–2915.8%
1,121 residents
30–4420.6%
1,458 residents
45–6426.4%
1,867 residents
65 and over17.9%
1,269 residents
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.4%
6,046 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.5%
392 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
354 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
205 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
82 residents
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.7%
1,394 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.9%
1,119 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.1%
1,076 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.7%
939 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
356 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.8%
3,481 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.4%
2,050 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
103 residents aged 16 and over
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
1,240 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.4%
810 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
661 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
650 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
626 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
611 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
323 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.3%
3,419 residents
Good health34.1%
2,415 residents
Fair health12.1%
855 residents
Bad health4.3%
301 residents
Very bad health1.3%
89 residents
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
5,859 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,220 residents
Wainscott & City Estate · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%
1,406 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
892 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
360 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.3%
92 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Wainscott & City Estate · 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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