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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003455

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,645 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
10,645

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,217

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

408

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.5%

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.

Binfield & Popeswood, Bracknell Forest12,093 residents · 75.0% owned · 6.0% no carBromham & Biddenham, Bedford12,828 residents · 77.8% owned · 7.1% no carHagbourne, Moreton & Cholsey, South Oxfordshire12,012 residents · 69.2% owned · 8.4% no carHoulton, Clifton & Brownsover North, Rugby8,031 residents · 73.3% owned · 6.7% no carBroad Blunsdon, South Marston & Wanborough, Swindon13,043 residents · 74.0% owned · 6.1% no carBow Brickhill & Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes8,744 residents · 71.7% owned · 9.2% no car

Most similar within Wokingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Winnersh, Wokingham10,716 residents · 71.8% owned · 7.7% no carArborfield & Garrison, Wokingham8,270 residents · 64.2% owned · 7.4% no carWokingham North & Hurst, Wokingham8,120 residents · 76.6% owned · 6.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

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

Tenure

Owned74.5%
3,140 households
Private rented11.1%
468 households
Social rented8.4%
354 households
Shared ownership6%
253 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.1%
1,646 households
Semi-detached30.7%
1,293 households
Terraced13%
547 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
474 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure4%
170 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
40 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household44.2%
1,862 households
1 car or van in household36.6%
1,542 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.1%
593 households
No cars or vans in household5.2%
219 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms37.1%
1,563 households
3 bedrooms32.8%
1,384 households
2 bedrooms23.3%
982 households
1 bedroom6.8%
287 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.6%
3,062 households
One-person household22.6%
954 households
Other household types4.8%
202 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%
1,471 households
1 person in household22.6%
954 households
3 people in household19.5%
822 households
4 people in household16.9%
711 households
5 people in household4.6%
196 households
6 people in household1%
44 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.6%
2,294 residents
15–2914.9%
1,590 residents
30–4426.2%
2,786 residents
45–6423.2%
2,474 residents
65 and over14.1%
1,499 residents
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.5%
8,782 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.7%
1,038 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
373 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%
342 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
112 residents
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.5%
3,753 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,420 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.5%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
605 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71.2%
5,870 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.8%
2,293 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.1%
2,150 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
2,088 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.5%
949 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
328 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.4%
6,107 residents
Good health31.9%
3,393 residents
Fair health8.5%
906 residents
Bad health1.7%
182 residents
Very bad health0.5%
58 residents
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.1%
9,483 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.9%
1,161 residents
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension66.3%
2,794 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.9%
1,090 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.6%
277 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · 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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