Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003549

Bassett Green

Bassett Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,494 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton

8,494

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,657

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,158.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bassett Green

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

Tenure

Owned63.8%

1,696 households

Private rented25.6%

681 households

Social rented9.9%

264 households

Shared ownership0.4%

11 households

Lives rent free0.2%

5 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.2%

1,120 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.3%

671 households

Semi-detached24%

637 households

Terraced5.5%

146 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%

74 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%

4 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%

3 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

1 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.5%

1,130 households

2 cars or vans in household30.9%

821 households

No cars or vans in household15.2%

404 households

3 or more cars or vans in household11.4%

302 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms36.5%

969 households

3 bedrooms34.2%

910 households

2 bedrooms22.9%

610 households

1 bedroom6.4%

169 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.6%

1,635 households

One-person household25.5%

676 households

Other household types13%

344 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%

934 households

1 person in household25.4%

676 households

3 people in household17.4%

461 households

4 people in household12.9%

343 households

5 people in household5.3%

141 households

6 people in household2.1%

55 households

7 people in household0.9%

25 households

8 or more people in household0.8%

22 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%

1,018 residents

15–2938.9%

3,305 residents

30–4415.9%

1,353 residents

45–6419.1%

1,622 residents

65 and over14.1%

1,197 residents

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.1%

5,953 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.4%

1,645 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%

350 residents

Other ethnic group4.1%

348 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%

198 residents

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.2%

2,826 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications33.6%

2,484 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications10.4%

771 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications8%

588 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.1%

378 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship2.7%

202 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2%

147 residents aged 16 and over

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.6%

3,821 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)42.4%

3,134 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student6%

445 residents aged 16 and over

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students35.1%

2,599 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%

1,133 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%

1,113 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%

564 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations6.6%

489 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations6.5%

483 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations6.2%

459 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%

408 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.1%

152 residents aged 16 and over

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.9%

4,490 residents

Good health33.9%

2,876 residents

Fair health10%

851 residents

Bad health2.5%

214 residents

Very bad health0.7%

63 residents

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%

7,304 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act14%

1,190 residents

Bassett Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%

1,513 households

Household is deprived in one dimension31%

824 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions9.8%

261 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions2%

54 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%

4 households

Bassett Green · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02003549

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Bassett Green

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

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Life in Bassett Green

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.