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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003402

Southampton Street & Redlands Road

Southampton Street & Redlands Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,708 residents in Reading. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Reading
10,708

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,060

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,470.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.8%

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.

Romsey, Cambridge10,189 residents · 44.2% owned · 37.8% no carCowley North, Oxford8,178 residents · 37.9% owned · 32.9% no carColeridge, Cambridge10,823 residents · 44.1% owned · 34.9% no carAbington, West Northamptonshire7,900 residents · 49.9% owned · 27.0% no carGuildford Town Centre, Guildford11,456 residents · 42.7% owned · 30.3% no carIffley Fields, Oxford6,017 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.7% no car

Most similar within Reading

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Palmer Park, Reading11,531 residents · 34.4% owned · 38.2% no carBattle & Caversham Bridge, Reading11,274 residents · 39.0% owned · 33.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southampton Street & Redlands Road

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

Tenure

Private rented51.6%
2,094 households
Owned36.6%
1,486 households
Social rented10.9%
444 households
Shared ownership0.8%
33 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.2%
1,511 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.1%
1,223 households
Semi-detached10.9%
442 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.5%
426 households
Detached9%
366 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
71 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,775 households
No cars or vans in household38.4%
1,560 households
2 cars or vans in household14.9%
605 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.9%
119 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms31.8%
1,291 households
3 bedrooms26.1%
1,059 households
1 bedroom23.2%
940 households
4 or more bedrooms19%
770 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50%
2,029 households
One-person household31.1%
1,262 households
Other household types18.9%
768 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.6%
1,281 households
1 person in household31.1%
1,262 households
3 people in household15.2%
618 households
4 people in household12.8%
519 households
5 people in household4.8%
193 households
6 people in household2%
80 households
8 or more people in household1.4%
58 households
7 people in household1.2%
49 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
1,478 residents
15–2931.9%
3,416 residents
30–4428%
2,998 residents
45–6418.5%
1,976 residents
65 and over7.8%
837 residents
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White60.6%
6,487 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh24.2%
2,593 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.8%
732 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
479 residents
Other ethnic group3.9%
415 residents
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.8%
4,262 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,682 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
729 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%
687 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
292 residents aged 16 and over
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.1%
5,937 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.8%
2,714 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.1%
466 residents aged 16 and over
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.2%
1,753 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,584 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17.3%
1,575 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.8%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
836 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.9%
535 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
386 residents aged 16 and over
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.4%
5,829 residents
Good health34%
3,641 residents
Fair health8.8%
942 residents
Bad health2.1%
229 residents
Very bad health0.6%
68 residents
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.8%
9,509 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.2%
1,199 residents
Southampton Street & Redlands Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.3%
2,203 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.8%
1,252 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
492 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Southampton Street & Redlands 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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