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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003445

Southlake

Southlake is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,774 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
8,774

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,423

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,494.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.6%

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.

Eastlands, Rugby6,436 residents · 84.0% owned · 9.6% no carDanson Park, Bexley11,115 residents · 83.9% owned · 14.1% no carLeicester Forest East, Blaby6,065 residents · 85.5% owned · 8.7% no carStreetly South, Walsall6,459 residents · 87.7% owned · 8.9% no carWest Ewell, Epsom and Ewell6,787 residents · 84.8% owned · 9.7% no carHeath, Dartford7,727 residents · 88.3% owned · 9.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southlake

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

Tenure

Owned86.2%
2,952 households
Private rented10.4%
357 households
Social rented2.5%
86 households
Shared ownership0.8%
28 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached60.2%
2,061 households
Detached17.1%
584 households
Terraced12.4%
425 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.4%
323 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,435 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,217 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.9%
441 households
No cars or vans in household9.6%
330 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.4%
1,965 households
4 or more bedrooms23.9%
820 households
2 bedrooms17.1%
586 households
1 bedroom1.5%
53 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.5%
2,449 households
One-person household22.7%
777 households
Other household types5.8%
197 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,151 households
1 person in household22.7%
777 households
4 people in household19.2%
657 households
3 people in household17.9%
614 households
5 people in household4.6%
156 households
6 people in household1.4%
48 households
7 people in household0.5%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,713 residents
15–2913.1%
1,150 residents
30–4422.1%
1,935 residents
45–6425.6%
2,243 residents
65 and over19.7%
1,731 residents
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77%
6,755 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.6%
1,458 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
238 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
193 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
128 residents
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.6%
2,688 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
943 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.2%
922 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
730 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.1%
4,459 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.3%
2,388 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
111 residents aged 16 and over
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,645 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,303 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
1,020 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
324 residents aged 16 and over
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
4,376 residents
Good health36.4%
3,191 residents
Fair health10.6%
934 residents
Bad health2.5%
221 residents
Very bad health0.6%
50 residents
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
7,620 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,154 residents
Southlake · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.9%
1,948 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
1,115 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.3%
317 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
39 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Southlake · 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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