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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003457

Finchampstead

Finchampstead is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,802 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
9,802

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,788

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

843.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

4.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.3%

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.

Barnt Green & Lickey Hills, Bromsgrove7,351 residents · 88.2% owned · 6.3% no carCamberley Parkside, Surrey Heath6,495 residents · 86.9% owned · 5.6% no carHorsley & Effingham, Guildford9,923 residents · 84.8% owned · 5.6% no carWoolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell, Welwyn Hatfield6,202 residents · 85.8% owned · 6.3% no carWalter's Ash & Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire8,270 residents · 87.3% owned · 5.3% no carChalfont St Giles, Seer Green & Jordans, Buckinghamshire8,006 residents · 81.5% owned · 6.4% no car

Most similar within Wokingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Barkham & Woose Hill, Wokingham6,980 residents · 89.3% owned · 4.5% no carCrowthorne North, Wokingham8,423 residents · 86.7% owned · 6.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Finchampstead

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

Tenure

Owned88.7%
3,361 households
Private rented7.3%
278 households
Social rented3.7%
141 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached72.3%
2,742 households
Semi-detached14.1%
534 households
Terraced10.2%
388 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.1%
81 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household48.5%
1,837 households
1 car or van in household25.9%
981 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.7%
821 households
No cars or vans in household4%
150 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms59.7%
2,262 households
3 bedrooms29.9%
1,135 households
2 bedrooms7.4%
279 households
1 bedroom3%
114 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household78.3%
2,967 households
One-person household17.7%
672 households
Other household types4%
151 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.5%
1,459 households
4 people in household19.2%
728 households
3 people in household18.9%
718 households
1 person in household17.7%
672 households
5 people in household4.7%
178 households
6 people in household0.6%
23 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,650 residents
15–2913.4%
1,318 residents
30–4415.2%
1,491 residents
45–6433.1%
3,240 residents
65 and over21.5%
2,104 residents
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90%
8,820 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.3%
522 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
269 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
129 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
62 residents
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.3%
4,036 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
1,231 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8%
646 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
573 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
313 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.5%
4,858 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
3,026 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.8%
2,314 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.3%
2,110 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
954 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
854 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.2%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
316 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.6%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.7%
5,661 residents
Good health31.6%
3,096 residents
Fair health8.5%
831 residents
Bad health1.7%
164 residents
Very bad health0.5%
51 residents
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.2%
8,642 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.8%
1,160 residents
Finchampstead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65%
2,464 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.3%
1,073 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions5.8%
220 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
32 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Finchampstead · 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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