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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003456

Arborfield & Garrison

Arborfield & Garrison is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,270 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
8,270

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,172

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

385.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.9%

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.

Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington, South Cambridgeshire9,937 residents · 72.5% owned · 8.6% no carTakeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South, Uttlesford10,620 residents · 69.9% owned · 7.2% no carClifton, Meppershall & Stondon, Central Bedfordshire9,889 residents · 76.0% owned · 6.7% no carCrookham West, Ewshot & Crondall, Hart10,724 residents · 70.8% owned · 5.0% no carPapworth, Caxton & Fen Drayton, South Cambridgeshire10,233 residents · 68.9% owned · 7.1% no carGreat Ashby & Wymondley, North Hertfordshire7,405 residents · 70.1% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within Wokingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield, Wokingham10,645 residents · 74.5% owned · 5.2% no carWinnersh, Wokingham10,716 residents · 71.8% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Arborfield & Garrison

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

Tenure

Owned64.2%
2,037 households
Private rented22.4%
709 households
Social rented10.4%
330 households
Shared ownership2.9%
92 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached37.3%
1,183 households
Semi-detached24.8%
787 households
Terraced20.5%
650 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11%
350 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure5.5%
175 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household43.3%
1,372 households
1 car or van in household34.3%
1,087 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.1%
478 households
No cars or vans in household7.4%
235 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.7%
1,068 households
4 or more bedrooms32.9%
1,045 households
2 bedrooms27.5%
873 households
1 bedroom5.9%
186 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.9%
2,313 households
One-person household21.5%
683 households
Other household types5.6%
177 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
1,114 households
1 person in household21.5%
683 households
4 people in household18.4%
585 households
3 people in household17.9%
567 households
5 people in household5.1%
161 households
6 people in household1.3%
41 households
7 people in household0.5%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.8%
1,888 residents
15–2916.7%
1,378 residents
30–4422.4%
1,854 residents
45–6424.8%
2,049 residents
65 and over13.3%
1,102 residents
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.9%
7,183 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.7%
470 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
273 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
244 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
100 residents
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.9%
2,621 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
843 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
566 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.7%
4,366 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.1%
1,820 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,562 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,418 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
412 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
267 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.2%
4,730 residents
Good health32.1%
2,655 residents
Fair health7.8%
647 residents
Bad health2.3%
189 residents
Very bad health0.6%
49 residents
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.7%
7,252 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.3%
1,017 residents
Arborfield & Garrison · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.5%
1,950 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.1%
892 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
268 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
58 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Arborfield & Garrison · 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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