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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003381

Burghfield Common

Burghfield Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,114 residents in West Berkshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Berkshire
6,114

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,379

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

357.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.4%

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.

Boreham & Little Baddow, Chelmsford9,498 residents · 74.7% owned · 7.8% no carStoke Mandeville & Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire12,461 residents · 78.6% owned · 6.5% no carCheddington, Pitstone & Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire10,802 residents · 79.4% owned · 6.2% no carWestoning, Harlington & Silsoe, Central Bedfordshire10,507 residents · 79.6% owned · 6.3% no carBlisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no carFleet West & Winchfield, Hart9,154 residents · 73.6% owned · 9.8% no car

Most similar within West Berkshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Purley on Thames, West Berkshire6,730 residents · 82.5% owned · 7.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Burghfield Common

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

Tenure

Owned71%
1,689 households
Private rented15.7%
373 households
Social rented12.2%
291 households
Shared ownership1.1%
26 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.7%
1,206 households
Semi-detached29.3%
697 households
Terraced11.5%
273 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.6%
156 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
4 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.1%
1,002 households
1 car or van in household32.2%
766 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.7%
421 households
No cars or vans in household7.9%
189 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.6%
1,037 households
3 bedrooms33.6%
798 households
2 bedrooms17.2%
408 households
1 bedroom5.6%
133 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74%
1,761 households
One-person household21.8%
519 households
Other household types4.2%
100 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
864 households
1 person in household21.8%
519 households
4 people in household18.8%
447 households
3 people in household16.3%
389 households
5 people in household4.9%
116 households
6 people in household1.3%
31 households
7 people in household0.4%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,238 residents
15–2914.2%
868 residents
30–4419.1%
1,169 residents
45–6428.5%
1,742 residents
65 and over17.9%
1,096 residents
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.5%
5,658 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
191 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
173 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
67 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
25 residents
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.4%
1,935 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
709 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.5%
549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
428 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.6%
3,094 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.4%
1,599 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.5%
1,270 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.9%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
626 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.5%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
256 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
189 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.7%
175 residents aged 16 and over
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.3%
3,259 residents
Good health33.7%
2,063 residents
Fair health9.9%
607 residents
Bad health2.3%
141 residents
Very bad health0.7%
44 residents
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
5,244 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
870 residents
Burghfield Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.3%
1,409 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.7%
731 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
201 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
36 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Burghfield 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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