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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003482

Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands

Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,744 residents in Milton Keynes. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Milton Keynes
8,744

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,610

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

438.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.5%

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.

Bodicote, Adderbury & Bloxham, Cherwell11,104 residents · 74.4% owned · 8.4% no carLittle Paxton, Love's Farm & Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire10,935 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.3% no carDickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath, Solihull12,134 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.8% no carHagbourne, Moreton & Cholsey, South Oxfordshire12,012 residents · 69.2% owned · 8.4% no carHook & Rotherwick, Hart9,658 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.1% no carAmpthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands

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

Tenure

Owned71.7%
2,590 households
Private rented14.8%
534 households
Social rented8.9%
323 households
Shared ownership4.4%
160 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.3%
1,419 households
Semi-detached30.2%
1,090 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.5%
561 households
Terraced12.5%
451 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
30 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.4%
1,458 households
2 cars or vans in household37.8%
1,365 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.6%
455 households
No cars or vans in household9.2%
332 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms37.4%
1,350 households
3 bedrooms32.9%
1,187 households
2 bedrooms22.6%
815 households
1 bedroom7.1%
258 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.2%
2,534 households
One-person household25.5%
922 households
Other household types4.3%
154 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.2%
1,306 households
1 person in household25.5%
922 households
3 people in household17.8%
643 households
4 people in household15.2%
549 households
5 people in household4.1%
149 households
6 people in household1.1%
38 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,664 residents
15–2916.4%
1,437 residents
30–4421.9%
1,914 residents
45–6426%
2,273 residents
65 and over16.7%
1,456 residents
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.2%
7,274 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.1%
623 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.5%
478 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
275 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
96 residents
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.5%
3,041 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
1,148 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
970 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
723 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
584 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)67.2%
4,698 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.8%
2,152 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.9%
1,807 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.5%
1,499 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
867 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.8%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.6%
4,863 residents
Good health32.3%
2,821 residents
Fair health9.3%
811 residents
Bad health2.4%
207 residents
Very bad health0.5%
42 residents
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.4%
7,637 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.6%
1,105 residents
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.3%
2,214 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.9%
1,081 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.4%
267 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
49 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands · 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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