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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003321

Rede Common

Rede Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,492 residents in Medway. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Medway
6,492

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,495

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,004.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.6%

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.

Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock10,621 residents · 55.8% owned · 22.0% no carKingshurst, Solihull6,659 residents · 56.1% owned · 27.3% no carStifford Clays, Thurrock9,648 residents · 64.9% owned · 18.2% no carWestcourt, Gravesham7,496 residents · 54.6% owned · 23.2% no carBrickhill, North Northamptonshire6,044 residents · 63.7% owned · 20.4% no carNew Invention, Walsall6,602 residents · 61.0% owned · 23.2% no car

Most similar within Medway

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wayfield, Medway8,090 residents · 59.1% owned · 21.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rede Common

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

Tenure

Owned57%
1,422 households
Social rented29.6%
738 households
Private rented12.4%
309 households
Shared ownership1%
26 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.9%
1,047 households
Terraced32%
798 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.5%
462 households
Detached6.9%
173 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
990 households
2 cars or vans in household27%
673 households
No cars or vans in household23.6%
588 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.8%
244 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.8%
1,516 households
2 bedrooms18.8%
468 households
4 or more bedrooms10.8%
268 households
1 bedroom9.7%
241 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.1%
1,672 households
One-person household25.4%
634 households
Other household types7.5%
186 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.5%
737 households
1 person in household25.4%
634 households
3 people in household19.1%
477 households
4 people in household15.6%
389 households
5 people in household7.3%
182 households
6 people in household2%
50 households
7 people in household0.9%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.1%
1,370 residents
15–2917.7%
1,152 residents
30–4420.4%
1,323 residents
45–6424%
1,561 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,086 residents
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.3%
5,609 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.2%
337 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.2%
276 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
178 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
97 residents
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.7%
1,292 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.6%
986 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
827 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
790 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.5%
681 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.2%
2,827 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.9%
2,110 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.7%
790 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.6%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.6%
635 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
566 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
520 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
324 residents aged 16 and over
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
2,907 residents
Good health34%
2,206 residents
Fair health14.8%
962 residents
Bad health4.9%
321 residents
Very bad health1.5%
96 residents
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
5,222 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
1,270 residents
Rede Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.6%
964 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
898 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.8%
470 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
155 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Rede Common · 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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